About a year ago, my 14-year-old started this new and often annoying habit. He held his phone up to my forehead or chin while I was otherwise engaged, including driving, and snapped a picture. The resulting image gave him great joy as he giggled and shared it with a text group of his close friends. … Continue reading My best side
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It’s all downhill
These were two journeys I didn’t want to take. I was less than thrilled to be “voluntold” by my wife back before Christmas that I was chaperoning our son’s first snow skiing adventure in January with the youth from church. This attitude was mirrored in my less-than-enthusiastic embrace of said son reaching the adolescent milestone … Continue reading It’s all downhill
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