Everything started to get cancelled. Basketball, school, Tom Hanks…The sky hadn’t fallen yet. But, man, it felt like it was closing in.
A single father shares how being shaped by his nonverbal son and teenage daughter reframed what strength, love, and success really mean.
Tag: responsibility
If Not For These Kids…
I know we’re not supposed to mention those things. It makes us uncomfortable, but we’re all adults here.
You Don’t Have To Be A Parenting Cliché
Don’t let anyone tell you that you’ll have to lose them one day. You don’t have to do anything that you don’t want to.
My Family Deals Girl Scout Cookies
Everyone’s jonesing for that hit of the S’mores. It’s like a town full of Wimpys, promising, “I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a Snickerdoodle today.”
Auto-Pilot Parenting
It’s like getting abducted by a UFO. You went into this awful experience with an absurdly difficult and disgusting task. Next thing you know, it’s 45 minutes later and you’re sitting on the floor finished, with no recollection of how you got there or what you did.
My Creaky Bones
There are so many pops and cracks, you’d think I was a walking pile of rap music record albums.
The Mess In The Mirror
“Who has seen me today? Did I talk to people like this? What is wrong with my face? Am I freakin’ melting?!”
I Feed These Kids Garbage
I want to give lectures about what I was forced to call meals as a child and how we don’t get to choose what we want to eat. But, alas, I’m tired. So I plop the Eggos in the toaster and everyone enjoys their morning.
These Ten Years
Some loved ones are gone because they’re in a better place now. Others are gone because I am.
The Almost Worst Christmas With My Favorite Person
Had you told me two days earlier that this would have been Christmas, I would have screamed in worried agony. I would have called it a failure and seen my biggest fear become a reality.
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