Mary Nuckolls is a Champion of Childhood because she gives away money. But not the way you think. She's not some rich heiress who has so much money she doesn't know what to do with it. She's not a professional philanthropist. She works at a preschool. …
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Kim and I attended our first homeschooling conference this past weekend. With a December birthday, Lucy wouldn't be entering kindergarten for another year and a half, but we wanted to get more information about this life-changing decision we'd been considering. To be honest, we each felt a little uncertain and overwhelmed at the prospect of going all-in. …
It would seem that the subject of possibility and it's pessimistic cousin, impossibility, is shaping up to be quite the theme around here. Not only did I make art and write about it, but I just read a book about it and I'm finding that I'm living it as well. It all started in January when Kim and I declared our intent for our business to become debt-free by the end of this year. We have a fairly sizable loan we are slowly paying back, a formidable pile of liability accumulated during our early years in which we were figuring out how to turn our passion into a real business. Alas, the real …
Yep, it's official. We need more "Bams" in the world. I don't care whether you work at Wal-Mart or on Wall Street, you are viral. More than ever, little things are big deals. In the fight against Adultitis, you can either be part of the problem or part of the solution. Which do you choose? …
This tweet was about baseball, but if we looked at "life" as a game, it would still serve as a stirring rallying cry. When you were a kid, you spent a lot of time imagining the day when you would finally be grown up, with all the amazing powers that came with it, like independence and height and a drivers license. You had dreams and visions of the great adventures to be had, once you finally had the chance to call your own shots and live your own story. So, are taking advantage of the opportunities now before you? Are you playing this game of life with the heart and passion and …
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