Chip

Chip

Blessed father of 4 wonderful children & trophy husband to 1 lovely wife. Part-time blogger, full-time nerd & aspiring Renaissance man!

South Salina Street Epiphany

It what seems almost a different lifetime –  I was once a law student up @ Syracuse University College of Law.  Yeah – don’t hold that against me (that I am a lawyer) – and please share any lawyer jokes…

The Money Fix

For our vacation to Washington DC last year Melani and I were nervous about having young children in such a big city.  Especially with four of them and only two of us.  Man-to-man defense just isn’t going to work in…

It Costs Me Nothing…

I am, for the most part, an introverted person by nature. But as I’ve matured, and especially since I became a father, I have tried harder to reach out to people to give them positive feedback when I notice something…

Boundaries

One of the things that really helped me understand my role as a parent was when the kids would cross some boundaries.  Quite often there have been boundaries, that I didn’t think we’re too hard to identify, that they have…