The Generation Gap

If you have young children, it is quite likely that when you read the title of this blog, visions of Jr. Asparagus, Franken-celery, Larry the Cucumber and Bob the Tomato danced in your head. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, keep reading anyway. Just the other day, I was talking to a girlfriend…

“Nooooo!” “I don’t wanna listen to that!” “You always pick!” “If you don’t like it, stick your fingers in your ears!” Ok, so as I lay in bed listening to the (not so) loving banter between my children, I wanted to stick my fingers in my ears! They were fighting about whether to listen to…

After several days of struggling, things seem to be getting back on track. I am always amazed at how dark some days can be. Yesterday, I spent nine hours working around the house. The first few were painting the boys’ bedroom and the next six were filled purging and cleaning the shed. Our shed is…

I was at a conference this past weekend, and I lost track of how many times I went up and down in the elevator. Meals, meetings, breaks, forgotten things. On one of my numerous trips, I was blankly staring at the numbers on the panel and I wondered how often someone got off on the wrong…