There is a ton of interest in the Stokke Tripp Trapp high chair, and for good reason. This versatile, attractive and well-made high chair is one of the best baby products on the market. Many parents have questions about the ins and outs of the Stokke Tripp Trapp, and in this post I’ll go over…
In an ideal world, all of our children would love to go to school, love to learn, love to work on their reading comprehension and writing skills, and be effortlessly talented with numbers. As a parent, it’s natural to wonder how to get your child interested in school. In reality, kids sometimes dislike studying. And there…
If you have a young kid, you know the appeal of superheroes. In this gift guide I’ll go over the best Spiderman toys for the superhero fan in your life. Spiderman ranks as one of the all-time classics. Kids today are just as into Spiderman as they were decades ago, so it’s no surprise that…
This weekend it struck me: My daughter, who is just a year old, will never know a world where there hasn’t been a woman in the White House. And until the age of 41, I’ve never known a world where there has. My kids will never live in a country where there hasn’t been a…
We only get one shot at this.
On the court. At home. In the world.
And after we’re gone we don’t get to control what’s said about us – about the wins, the fame, the accusations, the ending. About how we inspired a great many people and hurt others. About what kind of parent we were.
How hard we played is part of it. The impact we had on people – good and bad – is more of it.
What strikes me most is that – for all the glory – at the end of the day Kobe was the same thing that I am. He was a parent. And he died doing what parents do.
He died taking his kid to a game. A kid he loved. The game he loved.
At the end of the day, you want the love to shine through the brightest. All the championships in the world pale in comparison to the love between parents and their kids.
Fame is accessible to few of us. Love is accessible to all of us. If we’re going to be remembered for something, that should be it.
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