Welcome Enoch
Almost 3 years to the day after his older brother arrived we got a new arrival today. Stats and story follow. Name: Enoch Andrew Miller Arrived: 11:15 am 11/2/2009 Weight: 7 lbs. 5 oz. Length: 20 1/2...
View ArticleAddressing the Symptoms
photo credit: sigma. As if to prove the point I made in my last post about passing out casts and crutches, the Seattle Post Intelligencer this week published an essay from Brad Soliday, a teacher in...
View ArticleBe Where You Ought To Be
photo credit: orkydorky Last week we had a family reunion at Bear Lake. It was great for the kids to see their cousins and for everyone to have fun on the water and off. In planning for the trip the...
View ArticleA Look at the Future
It’s always fun for me to write welcome posts when we are expecting a new arrival. We’ve done this enough times now that as we prepare for number six there would seem to be nothing new to say. That...
View ArticleGreat Grandpa
On Sunday we attended a baby blessing for our newest niece, Katherine. While we were there Laura and I were sitting next to my grandfather. I was very interested to watch as Enoch suddenly decided to...
View ArticleWelcome Noah
After weeks of Laura feeling like she was ready to be done with this pregnancy (despite the fact that we hoped it would last a little longer to get a few more things done around the house) we got the...
View ArticleParent-Child Interaction Therapy
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy -- Parent-Child Interaction Therapy - Child-Directed Interaction - Session notes on CDI When all attempts at progress either backfire or have no discernible effect its...
View ArticleA Holistic Approach to Building Families
Photo by SuziJane I fully support the idea that the family is the fundamental unit of society and that societies can’t be stronger than the families within them. While agreeing with that sentiment I...
View ArticleRediscovering the Forgotten Parent
Photo by Phil Scoville A recent article on the impact that fathers have on a child’s development brought this topic to mind. The article cited studies out of Oxfordcorrelating infant/father...
View Article5 Evidences of Our Broken-Family Culture
Photo by Peter Dahlgren When I saw a link to an article titled 5 Ways Retirement Is Different For Women I hoped to see a profound insight or two in the article. Unfortunately what I got was proof of...
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