This weekend my teen daughter was honored with an invitation to sing at a morning service at our place of worship. It was an honor few kids are offered, and she enthusiastically accepted this call to serve. A weekend service typically runs 2.5 hours. I identify and affiliate with my community and find it a source of comfort and connectedness, …
The Long Goodbye
The biggest investment I made over of the last couple of years was in being present for the end of my father’s life and helping my parents plan for his death. Dad survived a diagnosis of lymphoma in his late 20s, fortunate that the era heralded some of the first truly effective treatments for that disease. One major treatment component …
New Ages and Stages
Plenty has changed in my household while I was away from blogging. The kids are now young adults, and the focus of their development has shifted accordingly. One of the lenses that has been most helpful in viewing the kids’ development is that provided by the psychologist Erik Erikson. I was first exposed to his theories as an undergraduate Human …
I’m Getting Too Old For This Shift (Part 2 of 2)
One of these things is not like the other ones…In part 1, I laid out my perceived options for getting out of night shifts. Here, in part 2, I’ll let you know what actually happened at that time. Dear reader, let’s travel back in time several years. Even accounting for the reversal of aging we’ve just agreed to entertain, I’m …