A Boy’s Embrace

I saw a man that I know from the children’s school the other day. He was pushing one of those un-maneuverable racecar shopping carts with his two little boys gleefully air driving in the front. When I commented on how sweet they looked he retorted, “Yeah, they can be sweet sometimes,” and I couldn’t...

Bedtime for Tweens

Brevitt put on his favorite song of the week, Let it Rock by Kevin Rudolph, and we bustled about the kitchen cleaning it up  before bedtime. Suddenly he breathlessly pointed out the window at a young buck standing outside looking in at us. “He’s so close. His face is almost smashed against the...

The High Activity Level of Boys

BREVITT AT TEN AND AT THREE AXEL AT EIGHT AND AT THREE TUCKER AT FIVE AND AT ONE I got a call from my neighbor the other day asking me what my mode of operation was with my boys to dispel their frenetic energy when they were home. We commiserated about how the energy of our boys has escalated with the...