Raising Real Men

Hello dear friends, Hal went to get his chemo today and they had to postpone it because his blood counts were dangerously low. His neutrophil count (the cells that fight infection)was 700 (normal is 2000; 500 is time to be hospitalized). He is at serious and dangerous risk of infection. He already has a bad…
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This week’s edition of the podcast is another reading from Hero Tales From American History.   In 1780 America’s war for independence was going badly.  Georgia and South Carolina had fallen back into British hands, and after defeating General Gates at Camden, Lord Cornwallis proceeded into North Carolina, breathing threats against the homes and families of the patriots who opposed…
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Ugh. I hate it. It’s awful when our children fail and I hate it. I want to spare them the pain, the shame, the discouragement. I want to protect them and keep them safe. Always. Why not? Because it’s a fallen world and they’re not perfect and they will fail. How much better to fall…
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One of the things we emphasize with our sons is the need to follow real heroes, not fanciful or dubious characters. History is full of great examples, and an interesting source is the book Hero Tales From American History, written by Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge.  These short stories published in 1895 are lively,…
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Here you go, folks! Here’s the recipe I converted for bulk cooking at the CHAP, SHEM, and MPE conferences in the last few weeks during my Sanity’s in the Freezer workshop.  This delicious recipe was given to me many years ago by Robin Graff-Spies when we lived across the street from one another and our…
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