For Parents: You need help, Mom?
Just read a cautionary tale in today’s Dear Abby. The letter was from a martyr… I mean a mother describing how her two adult daughters arrive for Thanksgiving each year expecting the guest-treatment....
View ArticleAsking for love in the right places
The following is an excerpt from my new parenting book, Teaching Kids to Be Good People. It’s from the chapter on Emotional Intelligence. Right before Thanksgiving a few years back, my dear friend...
View ArticleWhy I’m not blogging this month
November is National Novel Writing Month: Write a 50,000 word novel by midnight the 30th. It’s not a contest, just an awesome opportunity to do more than talk about that book you want to write....
View ArticleHow many friends can you fit around one table?
Like I said on Monday, I’m keeping my writer’s brain fixed on the goal of completing a 50,000 word novel by midnight November 30th. In case you want proof that I’m actually working on that novel and...
View ArticleThanksgiving as an intentional act of world peace
Terrorism. Roast turkey with stuffing. Refugees. Sweet potatoes with marshmallows. Fear. Trust. Violence. Kindness. We need Thanksgiving more than ever. But who gets the invite and who doesn’t? A few...
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