Parenting

Unexpected Travel (with the Requisite Reflection)

I was talking recently with a friend about the fact that we seem to be losing family, friends, and loved ones at an increasing rate. His take: as we age into our 5th decade, we’re entering a new season of our lives.

Another Broken Bone….and an Unexpected Shock to the System

My love for my daughter is profound, an emotional connection forged through both time as a stay-at-home parent and the collective grieving we had to do when her mom died. She’s also one of the coolest human beings I know: funny…

Parenting with Intention

As we settle into 2023, I’ve set the goal of having more intentional interactions with my daughter E.

She and I certainly spend loads of time together, but I’ve gotten the feeling recently that too many of our interactions are peripheral: she’s watching Sesame…

I had fun for the first time in a long time last weekend.

The set up was pretty straightforward: one…

Thoughts on Parenting and Purpose

I wish I got more satisfaction from parenting.

I love my daughter, so much more so because of what happened to Chelsea. She’s been my rock through the hardest part of my life, the reason to get up in the morning and keep going even when I…

Why was Father’s Day so Difficult?

I’m a few weeks late in writing this, although the tardiness is warranted: I’ve been immersed in birthday-related stuff for my daughter. Through a combination of COVID and her age, this year was really the first time we got to have a proper birthday celebration with…

Not Bad News

Chelsea and I had a saying we would employ frequently: ‘not bad news.’

For example, when she was on the job market during grad school, we would respond to the news of a campus interview with that phrase. Why? Because it was positive that she had progressed to the campus interview…

I’m exhausted, but it doesn’t matter

Having a young child, particularly a four year old, sucks right now. Covid cases are blowing up again, courtesy of the Omicron variant (which, I feel like we should rename the ‘F-U’ variant), and Pfizer just announced that their 2–5 year old vaccine trials didn’t…