A Plan To Fail – Part 1

I’ve got a plan – let’s go fail! It’ll be great fun. Promise. Are you in? What? You mean THAT enthusiastic pitch didn’t sell you on the idea of failing? But why not? We do it all the time – minus the excitement and enthusiasm beforehand… “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” -Benjamin Franklin […]

It’s Not Fair

“No fair…”  they whine. “That’s NOT fair.”  They declare. “IT’S NOT FAIR!” They exclaim with gritted teeth stomping down the hall. Fairness.  What is with THAT word? You don’t have to teach a child to ASSUME things should be fair. You don’t have to point out examples of unfairness to them ~ they come ready […]

“How Are You REALLY Doing?”

“How are you really doing?” I love this question. I think it’s one of the most wonderful questions in the world. It shows care, concern, and a desire to listen and really know a person. As adults we have all sorts of canned responses and pat-answers for frequent questions.  I’m not saying there isn’t a […]

Silence Is Not Always Golden

This afternoon we laid the biggest little shenanigan down for a nap like usual. (Intentional emphasis…)  Today, as she some times does, little miss got out of bed and started playing with some of the toys in her room. This doesn’t really bother us that much, and after 15 minutes she usually crawls back into bed […]