A Proud Soccer Dad

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I am proud of my son, D3. It’s toward the end of his second soccer season, and while he really enjoys running around, the little guy just didn’t seem to be getting the idea of the game. Saturday, though, he scored two goals! They were his first goals ever. While I was proud of the way [...]

The Kindergarten Tip

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This story hit home with us, because D3 started kindergarten this year and had a similar experience. One mother walked her new kindergartener in to school and gave him a five dollar bill to put towards his lunch account. When she picked him up, she asked, “Did you give the lunch lady your money?” He [...]

On Starting Kindergarten

Journal: Monday, 8/18/08 Last week was another busy week that seemed to fly by. My son, D3, had his first whole week of kindergarten. Like so many things in life, school is something that you cannot truly understand until you get to do it. He was in preschool, so he was as prepared as he could [...]

An Attempt at Journaling

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I admire John Wesley for the wealth of information that he left behind because he believed in keeping journals. Back in high school, I used to keep a diary on computer. I wrote almost every night. I lost it in a hard drive crash, and lost the nerve to keep journaling. I am going to try [...]