Category Parenting

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

My daughter gazed out the window of my wife’s car and, given her Holmes-esque powers of observation, deduced that something was “off” about the shirtless, disheveled gentleman on the street corner.  Unintelligible screams, choreiform gyrations, and an apparent immunity to…

The deck was stacked against the Flying Pancakes of Youth Recreational Soccer this morning. A hailstorm had ripped through the Treasure Valley the previous night, leaving several large tree branches on the field.  The goats who usually roam the perimeter…

“Dad, we know what we need to do.” I nodded solemnly in agreement.  After perusing her Pokemon card collection, a glaring vacancy had been identified.  And as we resolutely marched into the Trading Card Expo, our mission was clear.  Operation…