Elysha and I celebrate 15 years of marriage today. When I think about our marriage, I often find myself hoping that Clara and Charlie someday experience the same happiness and love that I have enjoyed…

Elysha and I returned to New York City on Saturday night to see Springsteen on Broadway. Before the pandemic, I was in the city a couple times per month, but it’s been more than 16…

I found one of these Uno cards – a reverse – in Charlie’s pocket. “Why are you carrying around an uno card?” I asked him. “In case a bully says something mean to me,” he…

I’m celebrating an anniversary today: Ten years ago today, I took the stage at the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe and competed in my first Moth StorySLAM, telling a story about pole vaulting in high school. It…

Charlie saw a bug on the window of the car and said, “That’s the grossest thing I’ve ever seen!” “Grossest ever?” I asked. “Seriously?” “Yes,” he said. “Seriously. What’s the grossest thing you’ve ever seen?”…

They have not stopped. After telling my now-former students about my response to Elysha’s initial declaration of love  – “I’m flattered” – my students spent the rest of the year, including our graduation ceremony, throwing…

I was exiting Winding Trails, the lake club where my family and I spend our summers. I had a meeting with an important client in less than an hour and needed to get home quickly…

I was driving Clara and Charlie to camp yesterday morning. They were bickering a bit as we pulled out of the driveway, so to shift their attention away from discord, I said, “Hey guy, let’s…

I don’t like soccer, so when Elysha proposed that we purchase tickets to the US women’s soccer team’s match versus Mexico, I wanted to say, “No, thank you. That sounds awful.” But instead, I said,…

I was driving down Main Street in the direction of my next Egg McMuffin. I had exited my driveway about ten minutes earlier and was approaching a traffic light when I heard, “Meow.” I nearly…