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Choosing Compassion In a Culture of Fear

March 10, 2016 – 9:57 am

A couple years ago, as I was loading Sophie into the van after a morning of half-day kindergarten, two men approached me. Their car had run out of gas on 27 and they wondered if I would give them a ride to a gas station. I believe most people are good and kind. I give […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged Albert Einstein, compassion, culture of fear, Joe, strangers, This I Believe | Comments (0)

I Know That You Know (And When You Know That I Know, Still There Will Be Magic)

December 9, 2015 – 5:59 pm

I love this season of innocence. Even when it’s not so jolly. This weekend we cut down our Christmas tree and I was reminded of the look on Owen’s face in a picture I took last December, a picture I now love. I was reminded of how hard things were mid-December, last year. How un-jolly […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged believe, christmas, happiness, James, magic, Owen, reality, santa, Sophie | Comments (0)

Things That Have Recently Upset My Children

March 3, 2015 – 4:06 pm

• He discovered he had hair on his arms (Owen). • The framed picture on his bedside table shows him wearing long sleeves and long pants, but he wants to be wearing short sleeves and shorts—in the picture (James). • Snow got into his mitten (Owen). • Only half the puppy tattoo stuck to her hand […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged anger, James, Owen, Sophie, upset | Comments (3)

Today Was a Good Day

July 16, 2014 – 9:15 pm

As a writer mom I’m much more likely to tell you about the time I had to carry both screaming boys out of Joseph-Beth, one under each arm, while fellow book shoppers shook their heads than I am about the time everyone sat quietly at a restaurant. I believe stories of my parenting mistakes and […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged behavior, eye doctor, good day, James, Owen, Sophie | Comments (1)

One of Parenting’s Saddest Truths

June 30, 2014 – 12:41 am

My husband loves Reddit. This morning, he told me about a thread and he said it was one of the saddest things he’s ever read. The question was,”What is your favourite ‘technically correct’ fact?” Someone responded: “At some point in your childhood, your parents put you down and never picked you up again.” We had […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged bittersweet, reddit, time | Comments (2)

Sorry, My Future Teenage Sons

June 26, 2014 – 11:06 pm

This gem was from May. Blame Sophie. But gosh that was a fun afternoon. A really, really, really fun afternoon. And it’s sometimes nice to remember those fun afternoons after evenings like tonight. Evenings in which my dear, hardworking husband didn’t come home until 6:40pm and instead of finding dinner on the table found me, […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged dress-up, James, love, Owen, Sophie | Comments (0)

Sophie, The Labeler

March 3, 2014 – 11:10 pm

Found this gem in the bathroom tonight. DrDE tlow = DIRTY TOWEL “Parenthood: That state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage.” —Marcelene Cox

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged bathroom, kindergarten, label, labeler, Sophie, towel, writing | Comments (0)

Sometimes, My Ideas Are The Worst

February 28, 2014 – 3:02 pm

I could have renewed my driver’s license this morning, while the kids were at school. But I had editing to do and I love my quiet/coffee/home-alone time. Plus, I thought, the kids would get a kick out of helping me on the errand. I could teach them about licenses and the responsibility that comes with […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged DMV, driver's license, James, lines, Owen, Sophie, wait, waiting in line | Comments (0)

No. 2

February 7, 2014 – 9:51 pm

I’m at my wit’s end. Owen is completely trained—day and night. James James James! No. 1, great. No. 2, refuses. He hides and then comes to us, hands covering his eyes and whispers what he’s done. We have tried e.v.e.r.y.t.h.i.n.g. For months. Many, many months. We’ve tried charts—three different charts—each with different goals and rewards. […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged chart, frustration, James, potty training, reward, Target, tips, toy, tricks | Comments (4)

James, My Alarm

January 26, 2014 – 12:00 pm

This morning James ran into our bedroom in a flurry, ripped open the blinds and screamed, “IT’S MORNING TIME!”. He then turned on the radio, switched on the lights, jumped on top of me and yelled, “GET UP, LAZY BONES!”. And it wasn’t just this morning. It’s every morning. Boundless energy, that boy has—boundless. “No […]

By kara | Posted in All | Also tagged early, energy, James, lazy bones, morning, Sunday | Comments (0)
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