The Backward Happiness Hunt

The Backward Happiness Hunt

Last week, I wrote a blog post about how we’ve pushed our children to find success so that they can find happiness in life. It made me realize that most of us are on a backward happiness hunt. We’ve tied our happiness to success: financial success, material success, a...
Why Can’t Our Kids Just Live in the Moment?

Why Can’t Our Kids Just Live in the Moment?

My daughter is a senior in college. A number of people have told her that her job this year is to land a job for next year. These are well-intentioned people, her parents sometimes included in this list, but how beneficial is this advice? She could spend nearly every...
The Wedding

The Wedding

This Saturday, my oldest child is getting married. In my mind he’s still a toddler, which might make the wedding pictures kind of awkward. But still, that’s how I often think of him. As every parent often says, “It went so fast.” And it did. I have glimpses of...
Back to School: The College Years

Back to School: The College Years

My two younger children go back to college this week. Unlike when they were in grade school, I don’t look forward to this time. It’s not that I’m not happy that they are going to college, but rather my time with them seems so much more limited as they become adults....