Payback

When parenthood sometimes gives you a chance to pay it forward, or is that backward?

There’s always falling off the ride at the fair.. Photo credit: Catherine Dunn, author

I love the payback opportunity that parenthood sometimes gives you.

When my kids were teens and not good at communicating, even the ones who were of the age to have cell phones (actually they were the worst of all) I would explain to them what that meant to me. If they had gone out…