Are We There Yet?
“Are we there yet?“ 4 small, seemingly benign words. And yet, when these 4 words are spoken at 4-minute intervals on a 4-hour road trip by all 4 of your children, even the most patient of parents can ferment into…
Category Parenting
Anywhere But Whole Foods!!!
Many young kids dread going to the doctor because they associate the experience with shots. Other children cringe at the mention of going to the dentist. My daughter, on the other hand, looks forward to doctor and dentist appointments…but the…
The Old Man and the Sea
I asked my daughter if she wanted to play a board game, and she instead elected to read a book. So as I continued to draft my 298th Destined-To Be-Unread-And-Sent-To-Trash email of the day, I glanced over at what she…
Decompression Day
When asked to name 3 things she did yesterday, my daughter gave the following list: 1. Decompress 2. Decompress 3. Decompress And after this delineation, she exhaled deeply, saying, “And boy did I NEED it!” Yeah, the previous day had…
Coach Jay: The G.O.A.T.
Coach Jay was doing an admirable job of staying positive as he shepherded the Flying Pancakes through the Valley of the Shadow of a 12 goal deficit. The opposing team had the 2nd Coming of Messi playing for them, and…
Flexing in Fred Meyer
We were down to our last ½ tub of Cottage Cheese, and given that it’s one of the three things I eat, my daughter and I were forced to make an emergency run to Fred Meyer. And after we secured…
Take Me Back to 2006, Larry-Boy!
20 years ago, we lived in a much different world. We somewhat-legally downloaded music and burned CDs on a near-nightly basis. We looked forward to the release of Pirates of the Caribbean…on DVD! Shakira taught us the importance of Honest…
My Number One Fan
Many people are aware that I write at a fairly prolific rate. But not as many people know about Lifelovelipids.com. The diverse content includes medical article analyses, devotional thoughts, nostalgic musings, and everything in between; God has blessed me immensely,…
Fighting Fatigue
At her usual frenetic rate of 5 questions per second, my daughter asked, “Dad are you happy? Are you sad? Are you anxious? Are you depressed? Did you hear me?” Given that this fusillade of questions was peppered at the…
Barf Simpson
I never really watched The Simpsons growing up. My parents didn’t allow it anyway, and since I had Captain Planet and Darkwing Duck, I didn’t feel like I was missing out. But there was a Krusty Klown Simpsons Ride at…
