11 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was 20
Author Shelli Johnson posted a list entitled 10 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Was 20. As such, I was inspired to write my own list. Unlike Johnson, who…
Today will be one of the hardest days of parenting so far. I know I’m lucky in this respect, but there is still a hole in my heart.
My daughter is sick. Her kindergarten class has a field trip to the pumpkin patch today. She’s going to miss the trip. Last month she was also sick. She missed…
Don’t say goodbye to the bride and groom. Just leave. Let it be your final gift to them.
Slate’s Seth Stevenson argues in favor of not saying goodbye. Ghosting—aka the Irish goodbye, the French exit, and any number of other vaguely ethnophobic terms—refers to leaving a social gathering…
I began the day as a depressed and angry idiot. I ended the day with laughter and rainbows and sunshine. Literally. The lesson: Don’t give up hope.
Bad start to the day. Arrived at my friend’s house, 40 minutes from my home, having forgotten without my ticket to the Patriots’ game. It requires an incredible amount of…
My son cracked his head open with a lamp. My wife’s reaction to his head wound was unusual but surprisingly typical.
Our boy pulled a lamp down onto his head last night, necessitating a trip to the emergency room. A little glue and some Steri-Strips, and he was fine. He’ll have…
My new startup idea: Rate My Parents
You’ve probably heard of Rate My Professors and Rate My Teachers. I’m thinking of launching a new startup: Rate My Parents Go online and rate you parents in a…
Something is funny
I have no idea what he is watching, but I wish I did. I want to make this happen again and again and again.
Why does this photo make me so sad?
My daughter, waiting for the bus to kindergarten. Her little brother, standing alongside her. So sweet. So why does it make me so sad?
I wonder this all the time.
There are so many of these moments in our lives. Millions of tiny ones and hundreds of enormous, life changing ones. It frightens me to imagine where I might be…
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