Category: Family
Parenting, Relationships, Kids’ Activities, Family Events, Traditions, Creative Projects, Support Systems.
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This is the first Christmas/New Years holiday break in two years that I didn’t have to ask for visitation. I’m grateful for my support system.
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This summer, the kids and I were hanging out at my brother’s house. Here’s a GIF that Google Photos app made from a video
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Recently, my thoughts have been focused on ways to challenge my daughter’s talents. Her standout qualities are a strong will and exceptional speech. She’s 3 years old. Were she older, I might give her a YouTube channel. I imagine something like DJ Vlad interviews where I sit off-screen and ask her tough questions. Wait! I…
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This morning, I got an idea to challenge my son’s vocabulary (and daughter once she’s reading) and also make the driving (visitation periods) less boring for them. It’s Word Search puzzles with a twist! Sure, I could let him solve the puzzles by looking for words from the list then circling them in the puzzle.…
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I won’t be the dad that pushes his son into profession that his dad always wanted to have. But I will. I bought my children a magnet set to play with together. I deliberately bought the family size with 160 pieces of magnetic rods and steel balls. Here’s Where My Mouth Dropped I showed them…
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My little girl favors friction and challenging others’ ideas. One day her ideas might be the best ideas in the room. One day her opinions, admiration, or approval will be sought after. It’s up to me to help her direct that energy into constructive outcomes. She will be a person that’s compassionate and forgiving with…
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Granpa Tilley passed away last night. No more weakness or medications. No more pain and denial. He lived a long, full life. His body let him down before his mind did, so he watched it all playout aware. Two Funerals My grandmother will bury her Ride or Die this year. The year she buried her…
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To all my courteous friends be your wallets so kind to briskly pour into my cup and buy every book i write i want few things more in life than streams of adulation but i seek to pad my pockets nigh and spare meine Kinder Mississippi education
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The kids were not visibly sad when I let them go with their mom.
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The kids give me life. It would be so awesome if they could have a conversation with me. It’s so many years from now when they’ll understand all of this visitation and short phone calls. I’m not a patient man. I have to slowly watch the hours and days and weeks go by until my…
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I get to talk to the children on Sunday nights before bedtime. The last 4 calls, only my daughter (3) answers the phone during the designated window of time their mother turns on the phone. She talks really well, but on the phone I can understand a few words at a time. I can understand…
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Today, the word legacy has been ringing in my head. With my mother’s side of the family, The Wrights, I’m part of building something special. Something that will impact the generations after us. It’s the idea of connecting the family in a fast-moving, modern time. Family Reunion 2020 The family reunion of July 2020 is…