Over time, we’ve tried very hard to make things as easy for our children as possible, short of doing everything for them. Sometimes, we had to say, “no” to things. Sometimes, we had to make them do for themselves, but where we could, and still can, we try to help them as much as ...
There was a time when a ringing telephone meant something. Someone wanted you. The phone rang in the kitchen and everybody heard it. If you were a teenager, you might sprint 100 miles an hour from another room to get there before your mother did. There was no caller ID. No advance warning. You ...
Three weeks ago, the VFTB presented a number of movie quotes that could maybe help in situations where we are trying to teach, inspire, invigorate, and/or take what the quotes are saying, see how the words are not just applied to the topic of the film they were in, but could motivate those we ...
It’s interesting to be writing about fall when I’m in the autumn of my own life. For many years now, fall has emphasized the quiet. The house feels big and empty. No hustling for the first day of school. No pencils to sharpen, no trips to the shoe store, no lunch sacks waiting on the ...
Progress is evident everywhere. My husband’s company has just joined the United Nation’s efforts to implement green strategies into their business model and they’ve announced they’re hiring a storyteller. We’re not sure what kind of stories the storyteller will tell, but my ...
Dredging up the Sandusky trial and the allegations that led to his conviction is among the least comfortable things I’ve ever written about. More than two dozen men ultimately came forward claiming they had been abused as boys while under his care. When those stories surfaced in 2011, they ...
