Our morning started off on a good note. YaYa, who has been struggling for a week to get his contacts in each morning, got them in without having to call for help. He is feeling better finally. I think the new antibiotics are taking effect. On top of all of this, he decided to ride [...]

I’m sure my colleagues are wondering why I chose to work from home today. Certainly my teenage son is old enough to be left alone. However, there are times when leaving a teenage boy to his own devices has too much potential to lead to bad things happening. It’s not that I think that YaYa [...]

When your kids are little, you have to keep a close eye on them, watching their every move to be sure that they aren’t putting poisonous items into their mouths, playing with sharp objects, or hanging off the side a cliff (or the top of the jungle gym). As they get older, you loosen up [...]

Young Simba has returned to live with me. It’s an adjustment for all but we are all starting to fall into a new rhythm.