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Telling Tales

December 20, 2018December 21, 2018 / kdubonbass / Leave a comment

I bet I've started over a dozen posts, only to scratch them completely. Writing brings me a great deal of joy and satisfaction. Plus, I really like sharing life with other people (so long as it relates). Writing also really helps me process through some of life's more cumbersome trials and situations. At this point … Continue reading Telling Tales

Confession of a Taskmaster

September 15, 2017 / kdubonbass / Leave a comment

When pushing a pleaser personality to do better is worse.

A change of heart. Responding to the white supremacist movement.

August 14, 2017 / kdubonbass / Leave a comment

I'm holding B, my youngest son, this morning and wondering how someone could hate him because of his brown skin. He is such a beautiful person. It's OK to have a change of mind; a change of heart. In my youth, I would argue the stance that the confederate flag was somehow a banner of … Continue reading A change of heart. Responding to the white supremacist movement.

Down the Barrel of a Gun

June 12, 2017 / kdubonbass / Leave a comment

What fear looks like when loss of life is a very real concern.

The Law of the Jungle

June 4, 2017 / kdubonbass / Leave a comment

Recently, while watching The Jungle Book with the kids (off and on), I heard this expression used as Raksha was teaching the pups. “The strength of the Wolf is the pack, and the strength of the pack is the wolf.” It’s part of a much larger excerpt called “The Law of the Jungle.” It didn’t … Continue reading The Law of the Jungle

“I want to be white.” 

December 2, 2016December 2, 2016 / kdubonbass / Leave a comment

The ever looming conversation that blended families face at some point. What do you say? I'm still learning. I'm still loving.

Pop a goat, sucka!

November 2, 2016 / kdubonbass

This week’s topic is a little light, but no less important. I have this habit (not just with kids) of making up words or phrases that flow with some words or collection of syllables that I hear, but don't understand, and inserting them as feedback (I know, run-on). And, when the house is teaming with … Continue reading Pop a goat, sucka!

Stay thy Hand!

October 18, 2016 / kdubonbass / Leave a comment

What do you do when violence is the only answer a kid knows?

Not the Mama!

October 11, 2016 / kdubonbass / Leave a comment

Being dad in a child's world that only knows mom.

Beginnings

October 3, 2016October 11, 2016 / kdubonbass / Leave a comment

Where fostering all began for me.

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