By Tina Swimming is a very important skill for kids to learn. I feel so strongly that my son should learn to swim that I started him in a Water Babies class at the local swimming school when he was 14 months old, which was in January. That’s how much I love my son. So…
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The Strawberry
By Tina Somewhere along the way, in the bumpy course of my life, my eyes had become crusted over with the cynical smog and gunk and goo of the world. Bad news for an artist. I had just stopped seeing the exquisite surprises that God puts in my path every day. And I didn’t even…
Parenting Gone Awry
By Tina George Washington, the father of our country, is often quoted as having said, “I cannot tell a lie.” And that is why he is the father of our country and not the mother. Mothers lie. We have to. It’s a survival skill. Now, if you are reading this and saying to yourself, “I…
Pedaling Away From Me
By Tina Sean has a birthday coming up soon and his father and I have promised him a bicycle. So for the last month or so, every time we go to Wal-Mart, which is just about every day, we have to go to the bike department and test drive the various models. If you have…
It’s Not The Gift But The Number Of Pieces That Counts
By Tina On Sean’s last birthday, my friend Marie gave Sean a toy that had 80 pieces to it. Eighty separate pieces. “Marie,” I said, “I thought you liked me.” Just for that, I cut her piece of cake small. Did you know that when someone gives your child a birthday gift, the number of…