Sometimes it feels like it, sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes it feels like our lives are moving very quickly, but often in the day-to-dayness, it doesn’t. We are going from appointment to appointment, practice to practice, living from school break to school break, moving towards each milestone and grade level and accomplishment. In Meditations (our favorite edition here),…
You tried and it didn’t go well. Trying to get them to watch football. Seeing if they’d like sushi. Taking them to the movies or on a road trip. Teaching them how to ride a bike. Trusting them with taking the garbage and recycling out. And how did it go? Not well. They cried. They…
To you, it’s twinged with a little bit of dread. Or exhaustion. Or obligation. Or you just plain take it for granted. Because you’re tired. Because it’s your day-to-day reality. Because you’re just trying to survive. Because it’s really hard. Because you’re not thinking about what it would be like to not have these things or to not get…
We’re always in a rush. We have to get them ready for school. We have to get them off to bed. We have to get to the airport. We have to get back inside. We have to finish up dinner. We are, as parents, it seems, perpetually short of time and always eager to get…
At an event for female judges in the 1980s, during Sandra Day O’Connor’s first term as the first female Supreme Court Justice, a law professor asked “How do you take care of your family and have a career?” “Always put your family first,” O’Connor answered. It was an inspiring answer, but all the trailblazing women…
We’re going to tackle all the big themes of our time and of all time: Grit. Resilience. Curiosity. Compassion. Character. Unconditional love. Finding purpose. Dealing with stress. Masculinity. Female empowerment. Loss. Stillness. Truthfulness. Initiative. Creativity. Passion. Family. Fun.
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