Month: August 2011

  • Slipping Away.

    I love analogies. They seem to make real life situations more understandable (for me at least). With that in mind, let me give you some idea of my day-to-day grind, using this simple analogy. In my hand I hold 3 balloons which represent 3 different futures for our family. Each morning, I get up, untie…

  • I Won’t Do It.

    You know how a lot of parents go on facebook, twitter and blogs and talk about their kids starting school for another year? Well, I won’t do it. I just won’t. I won’t talk about how this is the last year all 3 will be in the same school. I won’t reflect on how my…