Before she passed away, Mom always used to say that her greatest joy was sitting in our home hearing all three of her sons make each other laugh.
I don’t remember her saying it very often when we were growing up but it became her refrain after her pancreatic cancer diagnosis when our visits increased in frequency and became less about seeing old friends and more about spending time together as a family. Read More
My days are divided into two distinct sections: before the kids are in bed for the night and after the kids are in bed for the night.
I love my kids (2.5 year old daughter and 6-month-old son) with all of my heart, but post-bedtime life is just a little bit easier.
Consider this: I’ve never once told my wife, “Let’s wake the kids up a little bit early today, we could use a break.” Read More
This week my daughter officially turned two-and-a-half years old, which means she’s now closer to being five-years-old than she is to birth. I don’t know how to process that. Read More
Any time stay-at-home parenting gets too hard on me I threaten to clear out the bank account and head to the casino.
As I vividly imagined this fantasy on Monday (due to a very difficult morning that started at 2 AM, then 4 AM, then pivoted to a second child at 6 AM and wove them both together at 7 AM), it finally dawned on me that it’s a horrible fantasy because I don’t like gambling. Read More
I suggest a second verse to Heraclitus’ saying from a mere 2,500 years ago.
Just as, “No man ever steps in the same river twice,” so too does no baby ever slip into the same nap twice. Read More
I knew that being a dad would change my life but I didn’t appreciate how quickly and how completely it would wrap itself into absolutely everything I do. Read More
Winter was a lonely time for my pandemic-era toddler.
We missed the drive-by Santa and, while our snowman was delightful, he wasn’t good company.
If her little brother hadn’t been born in January, it’s likely my daughter wouldn’t have spent time with any other kids at all. Read More
My two-year-old daughter is very excited about tomorrow.
It doesn’t matter what day you’re reading this, the sentence holds true. For her, tomorrow is a magical day where everything’s been promised and anything’s possible. Read More
My days as a stay-at-home dad are full of picture-worthy moments and I can’t stop reaching for my camera.
I don’t want to miss a single precious moment, which is hard because everything feels precious. Read More
This spring little boxes with “things to do” have started popping up on my calendar.
It’s an unfamiliar feeling.
The beautiful weather and loosening covid restrictions play into this somewhat but the driving factor is the approaching end of my wife Jenny’s maternity leave. Read More