If you love someone, set them free

Blogging for Books entry In March of 2000, a scared little boy came to live at our house. I’ll call him Boo after the scared little girl in Monsters and Ink (as my kids like to call it). Boo was about seven months younger than my son. They instantly fell in step, like brothers. It […]

Overheard

Kid 1: “Look, Dad, it’s the “Kids Next Door” in Spanish!” Kid 2: “Or Japanese.” Kid 1: “What’s ‘Gusto’ mean?”

Another milestone

People are always talking about ‘developmental milestones’ with regards to kids. Crawling, sitting up, first steps. First words. First time to say “no”, first tantrum in a public place. Later there is things like first date, first drive, first driving date (heh, see my Meatloaf Entry below, lock up your daughters!), first credit card, first […]