Five

May 25, 2008 2:51pm 4 comments

I don't know if it's true or not, but I've been operating under the impression that most marriages that fail do so before the couple reaches five years together. I seem to recall having read or heard that statistic somewhere, and have ever since marked five years of marriage as a real milestone moment....

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Problem Solving

August 24, 2007 5:56pm 4 comments

I encourage the kids to try hard to solve their own problems. I tell them that I'm here to help them, but I would like them to make an effort to handle some things on their own. They've been doing an impressive job this summer of solving many of their own problems, even if I don't necessarily approve of the solutions....

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