The Kiddy Pool: Always Winter, Never Christmas
“Cabin fever, especially with children, is no joke.”
The Kiddy Pool: The Desire for Parental Approval
The Kiddy Pool: Disney and Marketing Nostalgia
“Nostalgia feeds on itself, perpetuating the longing for a story that can never fully satisfy”
The Kiddy Pool: Paddington and Strangers in Our Midst
The Kiddy Pool: Feelings and Truth in Downton Abbey
The Kiddy Pool: Back on the Oregon Trail
The Kiddy Pool: Rudolph’s Anniversary of Being the Light
The Kiddy Pool: The First Tooth
The Kiddy Pool: A Blue Christmas
“I find it unsurprising in myself that my Christmas joy mingles with sadness.”
The Kiddy Pool: Sinterklaas and Christ
The Kiddy Pool: The Recital
“Who reflects whom, and for what purposes, with what possible interpretations?”
The Kiddy Pool: Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree” on Give and Take
“What if assuming the mantle of parenthood as martyr is itself a kind of monstrosity?”
Richard Louv: Encouraging Hope and Stewardship for the Environment
Louv asks us to pay attention to nature for our own good, not because we ought to worship nature or devalue human needs, but because nature is fundamental to human health — physical, emotional, and spiritual.
The Kiddy Pool: The Crayola Experience
“Our spiritual gifts reflect our experiences of God”
