Category Archives: Family
Crawford Christmas Card
The Crawford Christmas Card is available for viewing at our family’s website: crawfordlife.com. We now have wordpress software operating on that site which means it’s a lot easier to use for updates. This is the main place that we are … Continue reading
Is punishing children overrated?
I am not against spanking. I am not against punishment. In fact the very reason why I do either of those is the same reason that is prompting me to stop. For me the purpose of parenting is to train … Continue reading
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Family AM Meeting
This week I came to conclusions. The most important of which is that I am on my way to being a parent with a lot of regret. I think that I have neglected the importance and value of the family … Continue reading
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Life Update
Here are some things that have been bouncing around in my head… I’m getting sick of 12 steps. The initial excitement of the discovery process is wearing off. Am I going to stick with it? Stay tuned… Christmas Card is … Continue reading
Things that Scare Me and Make Me Angry
“What frightens a people serves as a reliable guide to their idolatries. “ – Vinoth Ramachandra, Subverting Global Myths I saw this quote today and believe it to be true. I am going to go one step further with it … Continue reading
On the 12 Steps of Recovery
About 2 months ago I posted about my first experience attending a Sexaholics Anonymous meeting. Since then I have gone through quite a process that doesn’t seem like that big of a deal until I sit down and look back … Continue reading
My Life Goals (some of them at least)
have a pet raccoon (I’ve had this goal for a while but the idea for this list came when I watched this video) climb Denali (aka. Mt. McKinley in Alaska is the highest point in N. America) Live in NY … Continue reading
Teaching your children not to gamble……at Chuck E. Cheese
This last week we went to Chuck E Cheese. By the way, it’s really stupid to go on a Saturday. This is the lesson that we went through with our children and how it came about. We have a whole … Continue reading
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Harvest Festival Video
This last weekend we went to the harvest festival at Remlinger Farms with the Diffners. By the time you’re done with this 4 minute video you should know exactly what went down…
