I sat and held his warm yet lifeless hand in mine. The harsh, liquid-like, rattle of his breathing echoed off the pale yellow walls of the living room. I didn’t want to look at him, but I couldn’t look away. This man, who once seemed larger than life, lay before me almost unrecognizable. Yellowish [...]
I'll be honest, it can be a challenge to parent a child who is fiercely independent, amazingly smart, and wildly curious. They have a very clear idea of what they want and often don't bother waiting for permission to get it. They act first, question everything, and have an unflinching trust in their own [...]
On Sunday, March 4, 2018, my Dad, Steven George Zanella passed away. In losing my father, I've experienced a lot of different emotions. It will take me quite a long time to unpack everything that has gone on, but what I do know is that it must be unpacked. Keeping things inside does not [...]
Pressure and your kids! My goal is to share a blog post each day. Today I got to take orders from my daughter and her friends. Let me explain. My daughter asked me to help her and her friends put together a DARE video for school. The topic is peer pressure. Now, I [...]
They say in order to really know if you understand something you should teach it to someone else. No place is this truer than in trying to raise children. Trying to explain to your children why they have to clean their room or do their homework rather than play video games or eat [...]
Sometimes I worry that I’m a shitty Dad. I know it’s not true but that doesn’t stop my mind from thinking the thought and worrying it might be true. Sometimes, just the fear something might be true is enough to make my anxiety elevate and bring on compulsive, negative thinking. And even with [...]
Are you setting unrealistic expectations that are causing you to suffer? Are all expectations unrealistic or is ok to know what you want? How can a change in the way we set our expectations change our relationships with each other? Check out this video and let me know what expectations are you [...]
