Wedding Bliss and Grade 5 Anxiety

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Our oldest son, Ilan, got married last week. And our ten year old daughter, Gabi, began her first day in grade 5 today. Having children spread over 16 years of age provides for an interesting existence.
Ilan (26) married Carrie, now his beautiful wife. It’s very hard to put into words the feeling of that experience. [...]

The Inspiration Behind “Boom… Boom… Boom…”

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

I promised in a recent Q&A video that I would answer the question about the inspiration behind my children’s book “Boom… Boom… Boom…”
Five years ago, my daughter and I had a day that changed both our lives.
The day was warm and we were well into summer, my favorite season. It was a day like any [...]

Fabulous Family!

Friday, July 24th, 2009

Can anyone explain the blood and water thing when it comes to family?
We’ve just said our sad goodbyes to my sister-in-law, my seventeen-year old nephew and fourteen-year-old niece. They’ve gone back to South Africa and chances are that we won’t see them for another couple of years. But the connection is like an invisible cord [...]

I’ve Got Good News and Bad News!

Thursday, May 21st, 2009

My son Dustin helped me out today and picked up his nine-year old sister from school. I know that she prefers me to get her.  When my cell phone rang and I saw it read “Home” I fully expected a hundred-question conversation. But as she often does, my daughter surprised me. The conversation went something [...]