“My ‘a’ looks terrible,” my six-year-old mumbled during our handwriting lesson. Failure. It’s something none of us enjoys. But it’s something we all experience often, especially when we are learning a new skill. How do our children respond to failure? In his talk “Critic to Curator,” author S. D. Smith explains the difference between posture […]
Our Rivendell
Ten cardboard boxes, two stuffed backpacks, and a whole lot of enthusiasm was all my pregnant wife and I had when we walked through the front door. Sounds like a moving story, and it was. We had moved halfway across the world. As we caught our breath on the landing after hauling our belongings up […]
The Warren & the World Vol 7, Issue 25
America celebrated its birthday this week. In my family, fireworks were always part of the celebratory deal, so this week’s video is–fireworks. I mean, why not? But first, some books! Some thoughts! Around the Web When I Can’t Control It All It’s hard to not be able to control or fix things for the kids […]
The Story of a Bear
One of my favorite times of the day is that moment before bed, when my kids and I snuggle together on the couch and I read to them about courageous trains and suppers that are still hot and anthropomorphic animals of all varieties. Their eyes droop and they yawn until they are so tired I […]
We Are Not As Strong As We Think We Are
Three days after Ash Wednesday, a streak of sorts in our house was broken, as our family made our first trip to the emergency department of the local hospital in response to an injury to my younger son. It was a Saturday night, and the triage team was blessedly compassionate and speedy, so before we […]