In the hubbub of the holiday season, let us not forget that life doesn’t have to be lived in grand gestures for our kids to be happy. The magic is already here. It’s not in the expensive vacations we think they want. It’s not in the hours spent shopping to create some sort of magic …
You can hardly see my son there, but there he is, in the trees we planted before he was born. And I stood in amazement at how high the trees have grown and how big he’s gotten since the last time we stood there. Today, my son and I visited the backyard of the …
I may have caught his last jump on camera. For years, he’s loved this jump house and all others he’s encountered. He jumped, happily, every time we got this one out of the garage or found one at a fair or arcade. But today, he jumped for about two minutes with his sister before …
6-27-16 “Mommy, jump, too!” she said as she pulled my hand. It was rainy for a while today, and forced to retreat inside for a bit, my daughter found a piece of bubble wrap from a freshly delivered package. Always one to make her own fun, she began to jump on it as I laughed. …