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Brain vs. The Heart

The Brain vs. The Heart

Have I mentioned that I am consistently amazed at the ability of my children to blow my mind on any given day at any given moment?  No? Well let me just tell you, I am amazed at the ability of my children to blow my mind on any given day at any given moment!  So there now I have said it.  This post was completely inspired by my 7 year old son, Gabriel.

While sitting at the kitchen table about a week ago reading, I noticed out of the corner of my eye that my son was scribbling on a notebook like he does a lot.  I went back to reading.  He then interrupts to ask me, “Dad, how do you spell brain?”.

Without looking up I say, “B-R-A-I-N”.

He then says,”Thanks. Now how do you spell heart?”

So I oblige much as I did for the word brain.  He then says,”How do you spell versus?”

OK now he has my interest. “What are you drawing?” I ask him.

“I’m drawing a story” he tells me.  ”A story about the brain vs. the heart.” I then ask him to tell me the story.  He proceeds with such innocence and pride of his work.

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5 Need to Know Tips on Parenting

So I have been a parent for 10 years now.  In that 10 years I have become a parent 4 times. Yes that’s right I am 31 years old  with 4 children, ages 10,8,7 and 5. The three youngest ones are all boys. The oldest is my only girl. So you can probably imagine that my home is NEVER boring or quiet.  In the past 10 years we have had ups and downs, scares and close calls, but most of all we have had an adventure. Looking back at parenting thus far I have come up with, what I believe are, 5 Important Tips on parenting. 

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