My kids, like all kids, want to know everything about everything and the word “why” is central to their vocabulary. Often times, we get the unending “why” questions from both of them and, after a long car ride with them, I will be exhausted as I attempt to satisfy their questions. For […]
One recent morning, like most mornings, I found myself carrying Matthew from my car, into daycare and up two flights of stairs. It’s not something I have really thought about before, it’s just something I have done. For some reason, it struck me what I was doing, and that it […]
In the mornings, normally it takes the boys 15-20 minutes to get themselves dressed. They usually hide or wrestle or play or do anything but get dressed. Separately, they have recently taken to playing games on my computer (PBS Kids or Nick Jr.) and I have started to use this […]
I think, even before Matthew was born, Andrea talked about the possibility of having another boy and how the two of them might grow up to be close to each other. For this reason, she had hoped that we would have a second boy. I don’t think it ever truly […]
Today I opened a new chapter for Benjamin and I when I signed him up for Little League (t-ball to be specific). We went over to the local middle school and entered into unchartered territory for the two of us. However, after the five minutes that we were there, I […]
Almost 16 years ago, I, at some point, was studying for my last test in college. I don’t actually remember studying for it, so I am only assuming I did. When I think back that far and to that time in my life, only Andrea’s face materializes. We would have […]
Since moving into the new house, Benjamin has become afraid of being in any room by himself (including the bathroom). In an attempt to help him out, I bought him a little flashlight that he can hold and try to feel brave with (of course, I had to get one […]
This summer, I did my first triathlon which was 3/4 mile swim, 18 mile bike ride and a 3.2 mile run. It is something that is completely out of my comfort level and, frankly, scared the hell out of me. Up until the night before, I was still considering skipping […]
Something a little different…A sonnet. From darkness depth a midnight tempest crashed! Senses startled from rest’s peaceful embrace. In my dazed, sleep-soaked mind the lightning flashed, Breath escapes me as heart and mind gives chase. I fall from bed to face the stormy plight, My body braced against the nighttide’s […]
Every year, without fail, the story gets told about how, when I was five or six, I asked for “fiwa engine wegos,” for Christmas and the inevitable meltdown on Christmas morning when I discovered that Santa had not brought me the little red fire station with two little fire trucks. I remember vividly, […]
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