What I never told you about marriage
The Forbes piece is “What Your Mother Never Told You About Life After Marriage.” The thesis of the piece (if you haven’t already guessed) is this: Marriage is not easy,…
Goodnight dance
My daughter has taken to dancing right before bed. We read our books, and just when we are ready to turn off the lights and plop her in her crib,…
My first bit of Thanksgiving thanks
The dog woke up at 2:30 AM. She was acting crazy. Snorting, sneezing, and rolling on the ground. I thought she was sick. Then I smelled something foul. “Oh no,”…
The maypole is kind of stupid. Right?
It’s the kind of thing that parents love because they get to watch their kid run around a pole as they genuflect on tradition and ancestry and Earthy goodness, but…
Coupons can’t terrorize anyone
I love The Daily Beast, but their headlines can occasionally be sensationalized to the point of absurdity. Yesterday The Daily Beast reported on a Groupon deal gone bad. British bakery…
Step in or step away?
I was leaving the gym at 8:20 PM on Monday night, hurrying home to catch the kickoff of the Patriots game, when I noticed a mother and her two sons…
No admittance
When we arrived at the playground, my daughter told told me to stay in the car. “This is Mommy and Clara’s playground,” she said. “You stay here. You can’t come.”…
Is good parenting sometimes cruel parenting? Do the ends justify the means?
When I was a child, I suffered from paralyzing claustrophobia. I was unable to put my head under blankets, enter closets, crawl under furniture or hide in the dryer (which…
Best
I had a thought. My daughter and I were standing at the top of the slide. The sun was setting. It was unseasonably warm. Geese were flying overhead. Clara reached…
MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND: Foreign news
Two exciting pieces of foreign news related to my upcoming MEMOIRS OF AN IMAGINARY FRIEND: 1. The UK audio rights to the book have been purchased by WF Howes, an…
