by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 30, 2014 | Raising Kids
The past few weeks I’ve taken some time to sit down and relax with my kids. The summer is closing up shop, and school will be starting soon. So, we’ve been enjoying a little extra R&R together. That has included a little bike riding, some trampoline...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 21, 2014 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
When I was a kid my dad used to take me and my brother to professional baseball games. We would take a summer trip to New York every year, and while we were there we’d try to catch a Mets game if the Cardinals (my favorite team) were in town. Even after I...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 15, 2014 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Two weeks ago we celebrated our daughter, Jaicey’s, 14th birthday! It is pretty surreal having a 14-year-old daughter. The fact that when we talk to her we are looking eye-to-eye is…different. And actually my wife has to look up to her. She is growing...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Aug 4, 2014 | 7 Rings
When I sit down to write, I try to picture having a real conversation with a real person. By doing this, it helps put a personal touch on my writing. Instead of me writing and sending something out into cyberspace, or the cloud, for just any random person to stumble...
by Jackie Bledsoe | Jul 29, 2014 | MentoRING, Raising Kids
Our 8-year-old has been down and out the past couple days with some sort of stomach bug. Normally he’s wanting to go outside, play “super heroes,” or wrestle around with me and his brother. Not the past two days. He’s wanted no part of any of...