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School’s Out And The House Is Full – Maybe For The Last Time

School’s Out And The House Is Full – Maybe For The Last Time

Another school year has ended at my house.  My daughters are both home from college – one finishing up her junior year and one halfway through her sophomore year (already). As I was loading up the car from yet another dorm move-out, it occurred to me that this was probably the last summer we’d all spend together under one roof. Once graduated, my oldest will most likely look for her own place elsewhere, hoping to utilize her English degree (with…

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The Teenage Sleepover: An Exercise in Patience

The Teenage Sleepover: An Exercise in Patience

My two daughters are now well into their teens, and along with all of the angst, drama, and emotions that living in a house full of women brings, I am also now routinely subjected to the ultimate test of fatherhood – the sleepover. Now don’t get me wrong, I love that my girls are having healthy relationships and living their high-school years to their fullest – and that having friends over to our house means my wife and I know…

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