More Family Stories
- My son wanted to build a lemonade stand with a full business plan, complete with a projected budget he'd written himself. He made eleven dollars, which he considers, quite genuinely, a successful quarter.
- I decided to teach my daughter how to bake a cake from scratch instead of using a box mix, wanting to pass along something real. It took twice as long and came out slightly lopsided, but tasted genuinely better than any box mix ever has.
- The kids begged for a dog for years, and we finally gave in this spring. Within a week, the dog had claimed my side of the bed, and I've been sleeping on the edge ever since without complaint.
- A stray cat started showing up on our porch every evening around dinner time. We swore we weren't going to feed it. Six months later, it has its own bowl, a name, and full run of the house.
- My daughter's soccer team lost every single game this season, including one where they were down by ten. At the final game, she scored her first goal ever, and the whole sideline erupted like they'd won the championship.
- A leak in the roof turned into a much bigger project than expected, taking three weekends and involving two contractors. By the end, we'd replaced half the roof, and my weekend plans for the rest of the summer.