Team Bergeron

I actually don’t know if I will ever, in the entire length of my life, understand how the brain of an early teen boy works…or, where it exists out there in the world…which feels more like outer space most of the time than in this atmosphere. I spend the greater portion of my time with Jonah, our 14 year old son, trying to figure out whether he’s just saying the things that he says to…

Oh my God, you guys.  I WISH you were there to witness the scene in our driveway this morning when the storm hit. I went out at 5am with Ben as he was leaving for the airport so I could clear off Maya’s car in the driveway and pull it into his spot in the garage.  Now, she drives a tiny little VW with tires that aren’t great in the snow.  So, when I tried…

I have no idea where this road will take me, or if it’s even a “road” at all…but, I’m finally making a move. I found a good lead on this wonderful woman, Nichole, who is an author out here who lives in the next town over from us.  On paper, everything sounded good: she’s a highly acclaimed, highly experienced author, she’s close by so we can meet face-to-face (which is important to me), she just…

Being married to Ben Bergeron, and raising a family with him, is probably pretty much what you would imagine it would be: a lot of defining and redefining of family goals and values, a lot of positivity talk and very little…if any…negativity, a lot of hunting down and trying to find a better way to do things, and a constant search for opportunities to teach and learn things to make us better at being us.…

 Look, I get it.  I grew up with one of those refrigerators that is so full that there’s a wall of food that you have NO chance of getting through to see what’s being stored behind it. Last year, my closet was so over-capacity that the sheer weight of my clothes was so heavy for my hanging rack that it ripped the entire thing right out of the wall. And, I, literally, carry more food…

Ok, there is just A LOT going on.  I mean, the days leading up to Valentine’s Day for me are arguably busier than those of Christmas.  Fine, that’s a slight exaggeration, but I am drowning a little bit.  In all super fun things like getting to make Maya’s team away game snacks for Valentine’s Day (which sends my creativity into overdrive), making 65 glow stick Valentine’s for all of the kids’ friends and classmates, and…

If you’ve been reading my blog for the last year or so, you know that I’ve been “claiming” that I’m writing a book.  But, if you really know me, you also know that that’s not actually really going anywhere right now. But, I actually really, really want to figure out how to get this thing off the ground.  It’s eating away at me, but I need help figuring out how to get started, deciding on…

One thing we’ve drilled into our kids’ heads is this: when someone offers to do something nice for you, and you would like them to do whatever that is, your response should never be, “Sure.” “Do you want me to start your car for you?” “Sure.” It’s like saying, “Sure, if you want to.” Instead, it should be, “Yes, please.  Thank you!”   “Do you want me to grab you a seltzer while I’m in…

I have spent a great deal of time working with a team, most significantly and most recently in the sport of CrossFit. I get how much compromise is involved. I get how fun and hard it can be to balance out so many different personality types. I get how much you need to be willing to give and take from the other members of your team. I get how important it is to have a…