My favorite time of day is sunset. I love sunrise too, but sunset speaks to me. It calms me and right before the day fades away, I reflect. Of course it’s always welcome after a bad day, but every sunset, after every hard fought day, brings reflection. We are driving to spend Thanksgiving with…
I remember Katlyn’s first day of kindergarden. I put her on the school bus because she wanted to be a big girl and take the bus. I then proceeded to follow the bus to the school so I could make sure she made it and take pictures. She was my first and I was a…
Parenting. It’s like a really long orientation period for a pretty important job. The parent is the seasoned employee, the one that knows how things work and has been around for a while. The child is the newbie, the one that just came on the scene and presumably knows nothing. Similar to a new job,…
Maggie needed three Book Sox (visual aid above). Material book covers in fancy colors, some of them have photo pockets and new this year…scratch and sniff cloth book covers. Someone like me sees that and thinks, “Won’t that get all dirty and nasty if people are always scratching it?” Anyway, I went to Office Max…
“I would hate to be a lucky penny on the street today.” ~Maggie Ewens She has a way of looking at the world, outside of herself, questioning and really seeing things. It’s hot. We live in Arizona and it’s July…it’s hot and it doesn’t matter if it’s a dry heat at this point. Arizona is…
Tradition. I like tradition, not in a weird conservative, never change even though something is based in ignorance or hurtful to others, but real tradition. Happenings, ceremonies or routines that bond friends, a family, a culture, even a country. I think that’s important. Tradition has recently put a bad taste in some people’s mouths because,…
Milestones are weird. The culmination of years, tiny steps and near misses, all come together in one day. A ceremony celebrating a right of passage or an achievement. Katlyn graduated from Xavier College Prep today. Four years of homework and tests, crazy schedules and days when she just didn’t want to get out of bed.…
It’s graduation week. Katlyn will graduate from high school on Saturday, but before the actual ceremony, we attended a Baccalaureate Mass last night. She goes to a Catholic High School. We’re not Catholic, so it makes for some interesting events and conversation. After I got past Michael commenting that the lead up to communion took…