Tagged: Parenting

The Finest School

The Finest School

“I was graduated from the finest school, which is that of the love between a parent and a child. Though the world is constructed to serve glory, success, and strength, one loves one’s parents...

The Symbolism of Santa Claus

The Symbolism of Santa Claus

My wife and I have only loosely weaved the figure of Santa Claus into our Christmas celebrations.  Neither of us feel very strongly about Santa one way or another, although we have family members...

My LEGO Team of Mighty Heroes

My LEGO Team of Mighty Heroes

I’m going to go out on a limb and declare that I am more attached to my son’s Lego toys than he is.  And he simply thinks the world of them.  The boy has...

Transformers and the Absence of Peril

Transformers and the Absence of Peril

I’m so glad that our local public library now carries DVDs of the old 80s Transformers cartoon; the newer versions feature the nauseating combination of whiny robots and even whinier humans.  And I just...

Love Has No Time Constraints

Love Has No Time Constraints

Avery Lynn Canahuati, the five-month-old with spinal muscular atrophy whom I wrote about on Saturday, passed away Monday afternoon due to pulmonary complications.  She had been expected to live another 18 months, so her...

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