Apologies Are Like Toothbrushes: Teaching Your Children to Apologize
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Apologies Are Like Toothbrushes: Teaching Your Children to Apologize

Apologies Are Like Toothbrushes: Teaching Your Children to Apologize “But I said I was sorry!” I’m fairly sure that, like me, you’ve heard that refrain in your home many times before. How does one explain that saying something and meaning something can be two totally different things? And then, throw in conveying the intended meaning…

Dance Lessons
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Dance Lessons

Two or three days a week we see them there, legs stretching, arms reaching, jumping and spinning with such an appearance of ease. Two ballet dancers, a duet, partnering in rehearsal and preparation for their big day on the stage. My son watches them with rapt attention. He is almost six, just completing his first…

Living the Magic
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Living the Magic

“Enjoy your kids today and love them,” his departing words to me, as he goes off to work. After eighteen years of marriage, he knows me well and he knows that sometimes I forget. Not that I forget to love them, for I love them something fierce. However, to enjoy them? That’s a different story….