Jesus Christ and these capital letters do not belong
This card has become the source of amusement for many because of Rick Santorum’s decision to quote Jesus Christ and the New Testament on a Hanukkah message designed for Jews.…
Gratitude journal: Well timed stranger danger (and a little parental cruelty)
Tonight I am grateful for my daughter’s natural born instinct for stranger danger. As I was attempting to get her into the car yesterday, she discovered a brick walkway, a…
A joyous third birthday!
Listening to my daughter shout with joy brings indescribable happiness to me. More than I would have ever imagined. I could watch these twenty second clips for hours and never…
He returns
The last time I saw my brother, Jeremy, was more than five years ago. My mother had died and we were settling the bill after the post-funeral lunch. He and…
Gratitude journal: A daughter’s excitement
Tonight I am grateful for the moment when I step through the door of my home and my door runs to me, screaming, “Daddy!” She throws herself into my arms…
Last time being two
I’m so glad that my wife captured this moment on video: The night before my daughter turned three years old. The last time my little one was two years old.…
A potentially great day ruined by you-know-what
Today was a potentially great day for me. To start, Cosmopolitan UK named my next book, Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, #1 on their Best Books for February 2012 list …
Gratitude journal: Unexpected empathy
Tonight I am grateful to my students, who knew better than to tease me or even mention the Super Bowl to me. Two kids came in offering me a hug,…
The world is no less polite or civil today than in years past. You’re just blind to the realities of history, technology, and memory.
I read a post on Roberta Trahan’s Idyll Conversation blog the other day that began with this: How many of you have noticed, in recent years, the near extinction of…
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