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Barry Conner was the most gifted person I've known. I had to wait 32 years to be able to say that. Now that he's passed, I'm able to share some things...
I will never forget flying to the Amazon jungle with Barry Conner in 1997. We had flown past the Andes as the sun came up. The week before, Barry...
Yesterday I was working out at the gymn. As we were lifting weights, my friend Doug Hanson shared the following story he experienced last week. D...
As parents, of course we love our kids. We build our lives around protecting them. We pack the snacks, fill the water bottles, fight the battles with ...
This is the first Mother’s Day I can’t call her.My mom, Jean Barnes, died last June. She was 91. Dementia slowly took pieces of her, but it never ...
Something remarkable has happened in the last couple of years. Parents started pushing back. Schools banned phones. Legislators started passing real l...
We get the emails and texts from parents every week. They read the headlines and they worry. War in the Middle East. Political chaos at home. Eco...
The Conversation Gen Z Is Hoping to HaveAnd why it might be the one that changes everything.There is a moment that happens in almost every family, and...
I have spent over thirty years watching young people wrestle with this question. Not the polished Sunday school version of it. The real one. The one t...
When Your Graduate Doesn't Know What's NextYour son or daughter just graduated. The cap has been thrown. The photos have been taken. The relatives hav...
