Sometimes it just takes a good walk to break through a writing block. A change of scenery is often the release valve for good ideas to keep flowing.
Kids are curious. They love to learn and want to know how things work, why they don't, and what happened about everything. Unfortunately curiosity is one of those things that seems to fade as we get older.
The older I get the more clear it becomes to me that life is about prioritizing the right thing. When I have my priorities right, the things that matter most get done.
The list contained everything we believed or hoped our children would know, be, or have the confidence to do by the time they graduated from high school. As a parent, it is overwhelming,
To love our kids well, we must speak words. That means for me, I have to dial it back and ensure my words are fitly spoken. For my wife, that means she has to speak the words she thinks and writes.
They say you should try walking in someone else's shoes. This is especially the case when it comes to compassion and sympathy. There are so many people that I have never walked in their shoes, including my children.