More Family Stories
- I set out to learn Spanish using a language app, doing a lesson every single day for a month. I can now confidently order coffee and discuss the weather, though not much else, and I'm choosing to be proud of that.
- I told my son he could pick any pet he wanted for his birthday, expecting him to say dog or cat. He asked for a tarantula. We now have a tarantula, and I've never been more surprised by my own decisions.
- I signed up for a 5k with genuine intentions of training properly for two months. I trained for exactly one week, ran the race anyway, and finished somewhere in the respectable middle of the pack.
- We decided to do a family talent show for fun one evening. My daughter's talent was juggling, which she'd never practiced before. She dropped everything immediately, took a bow anyway, and got the loudest applause.
- I decided to build a treehouse for the kids over a long weekend, armed with a plan I found online. It took three weekends instead of one, and the final result leans slightly, but it's structurally sound and beloved.
- I tried to teach my daughter how to whistle, something I could always do effortlessly. Three weeks of daily practice later, she's mastered it completely, and I can no longer remember a single moment of peace and quiet.