We got off easy in Hurricane Sandy and the blizzard that followed this week. But try telling that to my kids, who have been without Internet access! for coming up on two weeks. This has forced them to find some alternative forms of entertainment, which is easier for Riley than Ryan, who, I don’t know, […]
Read more "A Picture Is Worth …"This is not a political post, I promise. I try not to do that here. Just another brief snapshot from our lives as I navigate my post-Sandy commute. We have been working with Ryan on the idea of intolerance. He dismisses so many people from his worldview — girls, anyone that doesn’t like sports — […]
Read more "A Word About Intolerance"Blogging is likely to be short and sweet this week. My morning train ride is my usual blogging time, but my commute has been turned upside-down by the effects of hurricane Sandy. The picture above was the scene at the train station this morning just to get to the platform to wait for a train. […]
Read more "Very, Very Attractive Girls"I have not been further from my house than a walk around the block since Sunday. I’m not complaining — I know how lucky we are that Hurricane Sandy spared us major damage, or even a loss of power when so many in my home state of New Jersey are suffering horribly. We have no […]
Read more "Sunday – The Rest of the Story"Several years ago, we attended a first communion party for the son of one of Veronica’s good friends. It was a beautiful party, most notable for us because Ryan surprised us by tolerating it without issue and because Riley, then perhaps three, asked a stranger who turned out to be a surgeon in his fifties, […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 