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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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…

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Surfwise – Movie review

We watched this documentary the other day. Pretty interesting look into a mobile, surfing, family of 11. It was really thought provoking and

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