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Tag Archives: children
Being All There
It was very sobering realising that my choices and routines did not just set the rhythm and stability of my world, but that they equally affected the rhythm and stability of every life that was intimately connected with mine. Especially … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Marriage, Personal Growth, Work
Tagged children, choice, family, grace, marriage, parenting, relationships, resilience, role model, wisdom
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Lives out of balance
I am currently unemployed, and I guess this has in many ways given me a completely different set of stimuli to deal with. I have nothing grandiose to say about my work, as much as I love it; I didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged children, choice, family, parenting, relationships, role model, stress, wisdom
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A Safe Place?
They say a ship is safe in the harbour, but a ship is not built for the harbour, it is built for the open sea… They also say one cannot discover uncharted shores, unless one loses sight of one’s familiar … Continue reading
A Place in the World.
A few weeks ago, my father and I built a fence to make a play area safe from a potential fall down a bank. The first post was easy, and the second as well. No problem… The third post, however, … Continue reading
A Note for New Fathers of Multiples
I wrote this as a basis for a chat to some new fathers of multiples. Then I thought, you know, maybe there are some others out there who don’t have the benefit of a Multiple Birth Club to provide support … Continue reading
An Ode to being Dad to Twins…
I am a father of twins. My wife is wonderful and she is my joy and delight, What an amazing mom she is. But this post is a bit about being a Dad to twins. In case you were wondering. … Continue reading
Posted in Family
Tagged children, dad, family, father, multiple birth, parenting, sleep, twins
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What makes for a DEEP trust?
One of the things I have become very comfortable with in my life, is the idea of “truth in tension”. In an earlier blog I used the example of a violin to demonstrate that beauty is sometimes contained in the … Continue reading
The Exquisite beauty of Innocence
I’ve always been saddened by the title of the Don Henley song “The End of the Innocence”. I guess when I was growing up and in my single days, innocence was a passing phase, a “nice” concept that quickly … Continue reading
Being Unpopular
My little ones don’t like going to sleep. Going to bed? Fine. Happy as Larry. But the sleep part? Not so popular… We can often have 2 kids egging each other on, and refusing to get some shut-eye, 2 hours … Continue reading
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Tagged children, family, leadership, manager, parenting, popular, unpopular
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The “Family-Centred Child” Model
I mentioned in a recent post the concept of the “family-centred child”. The opposite concept is that of the “child-centred family”. I thought I would revisit this to explain a bit more about what we as a family understand by … Continue reading
Notes From the Road 