I admit it.  I blinked and now it’s October!  I honestly don’t know how we got here because it was just July and the summer was still spread out before us like a perfect picnic.  Yes, I know that school has been back in session for nearly two months, the fall sports season has been…

Waiting. We all have to do it from time to time in our lives.  When we are waiting for something exciting and beautiful to happen we describe it as anticipation.  Somehow that sounds positive.  We long for this “thing” to happen.  We anticipate the holidays, visitors, getting asked on a date, for a marriage proposal…

Every week we ask our 16-year-old if she wants to do anything… with us, her parents.  The reaction we get ranges anywhere from eye rolling to just flat-out, “no!”  She doesn’t make any excuses, she just thinks it embarrassing to go anywhere with her parents alone. End of story. Stop asking. Last week was Labor…