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Vacation in Upstate New York: A Video
Matt finished putting together a video of our vacation in Upstate New York. A friend of ours gave us his old drone and GoPro, so that’s what Matt uses. We also used our iPhones to capture pieces of it.
I’m constantly asking parents who are older than I am, “What do you which you would have done differently to savor your children’s childhoods?” One of the answers that stuck out to me was a colleague of mine. He said, “I wish I would have captured more video.”
I’m so grateful that Matt captures a lot of our lives on video. He makes a recap each year. Here are links … Read More
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Educational Inequity: The Problem Is Real
A conservative commentator, Ben Shapiro, gave a speech at Berkeley back in 2017. In it, he addressed many subjects including educational inequity, white privilege, and poverty. I’ll be going to a community discussion about his perspective. Therefore I wanted to spend a little time preparing my thoughts.
To summarize his words, he said:
… Read MoreOkay. Here are the three rules that you need to fulfill as a person before you can start complaining about your life failures being the result of somebody else’s actions…You need to finish high school. Number two: you need to get married before you have babies. Number three: You need to get a job.
That’s it. You
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Anniversary Traditions: Happy 11 Years, Matt!
It’s no secret that I love rituals and traditions. I’ve got parenting rituals, birthday rituals, Valentine’s Day rituals, Christmas rituals. And probably other ones I’m not thinking of right now. So it’s no surprise that Matt and I have anniversary traditions, too!
We decided many years ago not to give each other gifts on our anniversary. Honestly, it’s tough enough thinking of meaningful birthday and Christmas gifts year after year! Instead, we decided that one partner would plan an experience for us to share. The other partner would write a letter to commemorate our year together. Each year, we alternate who does what. This year it’s my … Read More