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After several years of practicing on cats and dogs, the Makices grew their family two-fold. We’ve captured some of the mistakes (and successes) we have made along the way.

Amy Makice is a social worker actively working on two other family-centered projects, Creative Family Resources and Parenting for Humanity. Amy has a weekly online show on BlogTalkRadio.

Go West Young Man

I was hyper-cognizant of the continuing changes in air cabin pressure, picturing only that scene from James Bond when the bad guy’s head explodes from much the same phenomenon. Too compensate for my son’s inability to cope with such a deadly attack on his

Old Man and the C

Month Seven in the father-son relationship brought a disturbing realization. I woke up in September an old man. Carter made me that way.

Hero

Kevin is not a particularly extroverted man. He does not volunteer for socializing with strangers. He has a tendency to avoid confrontation at most costs, but here he was, standing in the middle of a country road, standing up to speeding pick-up trucks, d

The Tofu Kid

The first semester in the School of Life concluded with Carter’s fifth month. I’m not clear how I’m doing since the Professor cannot yet write A’s and B’s. If he grades on a curve, however — particularly those upward curves forming at the corners of his

The General Paradox

My name is Amy. I am a feminist and a Bob Knight fan. My life is a world of contradictions.

Makice Name Featured By CSM

Sometimes the best way to claim your space on the Internet is to make up a new name. It worked for the Makices.

A Carter by Any Other Name

I don’t know Chad Blondeel personally and have to assume that the Michigan native would be at odds with me regarding Bobby Knight, auto regulation and social welfare. But Mr. Blondeel accomplished something a modern male can only describe as awe-inspiring

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