The kids and I had a really nice Christmas this year. Our routine isn’t the same as it was before the divorce, but we have all adapted. This year I had time with the kids from 12 pm on Christmas Eve to 12 pm on Christmas day. We started going to the movies on Christmas
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The Night Before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. Except for Mom, who still had hours to go, Cutting, wrapping and tying bow after bow. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, While Dad stretched out, snoring, in his favorite reclining chair. The
Not Much Has Changed
It’s impossible to predict what your kids will grow up to be like when they are born. You never know. It’s a crap shoot. But there are some aspects of their personality that are evident very early on. I was looking at some old pictures the other day from my grandmother. She was pretty good
The First Christmas Was Pretty Simple
Six years ago I wrote a post entitled To All the Moms At Christmas, and I re-shared it a couple days ago on the NYAM Facebook page. When I wrote that post the kids were 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 years old. Everyone believed in Santa. I was in the thick of parenting young
My Friend Steve
Thirty years ago when I was in my early twenties, I was living in Allentown, Pennsylvania. I had just finished grad school at Lehigh and had received my masters in elementary ed. My first year out of grad school I was a full-time aide in a 6th grade classroom that had 32 students. My second
Another Great Swim Meet Weekend
I spent last Thursday through Sunday at a swim meet at F&M College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Kristofer and Ingrid swim on two different teams in two different states, and as luck would have it, both their teams swam at the same meet this past weekend. It was less luck and more like a miracle, actually.