The People in My Neighborhood

The People in My Neighborhood

“Oh, who are the people in your neighborhood . . . the people that you meet each day.”  Those familiar lyrics from the song by Sesame Street’s Ernie played along in my head every morning as my son and I took our thirty-minute walk up and down the streets of our...
Baby, Watch Your Mouth

Baby, Watch Your Mouth

When my sister-in-law Jerra was a young mother, she wanted to teach her daughter, Natalie, to say, “yes, Ma’am” and “no Ma’am” when speaking to adults. But for some reason Jerra couldn’t get her to stop saying “yep” and “nope.” When it came down to disciplinary...