Keep a pair of nail clippers in the car - much better lighting outside. Clipping tiny fingernails is terrifying!


Infant-1



1

Watch movie Sky Walk (2019) it’s about a school paper.


14, 18



Toddler years: Tater tots make everything better. The smaller ones cook faster and you don't have to turn them.


2



“If the pain was deep you will have to let it go many times.” Yung Pueblo from book Lighter


15, 18, 21



Listen to podcast “1912” about an incident of alarming racial injustice Forsyth County GA.


12



Netflix “Who Was?” A biography show for kids.


6-8



Go easy on the cologne, perfume, scented lotions, etc. People shouldn't be able to smell your perfume a mile away, only up close. Also, it's generally not appropriate for work.


17



Sometimes I think the best way to take care of them is to teach them to take care of others: Littler kids, sick or disabled, those who’ve been left out.


5-7, 1Infant-12



Introduction to 70’s Southern Rock. Skynyrd, Allman Bros, etc.


14



They can shower themselves if you install a hand-held shower head and install a suction cup wall-mount shower head holder lower on the shower wall. It’s easy to do and very cheap. They love it!


4-6



Consider what you value. Act accordingly.


10, 14, 17, 20



Read JAMA article by Brooke Peterson Gabster.


18



Learn how to quiet your demons / that voice that tells you you’re not good enough. Great resource is Dan Harris’ 2022 TED talk.


14, 19, 21



“You don’t emerge from $@!#% empty-handed” a friend once told me. Even the worst periods of your life will bring gifts. Be thankful for those gifts, and enjoy them.


19



You are always responsible for how you act, no matter what you’re feeling. (Or whether you’re drunk or in any way impaired.) Hammer this point home for the next 10 years!


13



Screw “achievement.” Do things you enjoy, share experiences that expand your capacity for joy and compassion. It doesn’t matter if you’re any good, it just matters that you’re in your groove.


16, 21



ABC's of video game addiction: Autonomy, Belonging, Control. Try to find ways to developing these things in areas outside of gaming. Games are great, but not at the expense of everything else.


1Infant-13



1

If you can afford to send flowers when a baby is born or when someone dies, do so.


21



Listen to The Moth (storytelling) together.


15



Two words: Kinetic Sand.


3



Be thankful for opportunities to be of service. It means God is trusting you to help.


8-14



You always have a choice. Always.


15, 19, 21



Success = liking who you are, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.


14, 17, 21



Be supportive of someone who is trying to better themselves.


16



Pour energy into what’s right with you and see what happens.


20, 21



“Never let anyone tell you who you are. SHOW them who you are.” - Kamala Harris


12, 13, 17, 21



Build a treehouse together


8



Try silence. Just sit with it (problem/feeling/etc.) invite the problem to sit next to you and just be quiet. Five minutes every day for a week or two. Your solution will appear. Stop running and just sit with it.


16



Your spouse will be absolutely unbearable roughly 10% of the time. So will you be, by the way. Give grace. Receive it too. Also, physical distance helps, even for a few hours.


21