Beyond Humbled…
I can’t shake this sense of grief and preoccupation with the unfathomable loss of the families in Newtown Connecticut. I will deal with my divorce and my daily life. But, I can’t imagine ever believing...
View ArticleMake Every Worry a Wish…
“Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering – and it’s all over much too soon.” - Woody Allen I made one of my resolutions early this year. After the massacre in Newtown, I made a conscious...
View ArticleWhat to do (or not to do) when your son’s been Inhabited by a Minecraft...
You want to make your life exceedingly challenging? Do what I just did. Ban your child from accessing electronics for an entire weekend. Oh yeah, this was necessary. The original offense was playing on...
View ArticleParent Gushing Facebook Translation
In light of the recent flurry of verbose parents’ ranting status updates about their fabulous children on Facebook, here is my translation of the subtext of said posts: My child is so utterly...
View ArticleThe Ten Rules of Divorce Mediation
So after the first grueling hour of meeting with a mediator, I learned quite a lot. Now, the question is, will the ex and I follow these rules? 1. No fault divorce means No fault mediation. The...
View ArticleRedefining Fatherhood
I had a birth father and I have a step-father. Both of them loved me. Both of them imparted wisdom. Both of them caused me a great deal of grief. The one I consider my real dad is my step-dad. The one...
View ArticleParenting in Ten Words
1. Love 2. No Privacy (okay that’s two words but I couldn’t find one word that captures the sentiment) 3. Culpability 4. Fucking Homework (two again…so sue me) 5. Vomit 6. Vulnerability 7. Despair 8....
View ArticleChildren Need Their Fathers…Duh!
I’ll admit, when my kids’ dad said he wanted to split up and was hitting the road, my first impulse was to hoard my children, shield them from their dad’s apparent mid-life crisis, and start a new life...
View ArticleWhen 20 children die, everything else seems trivial; Rephrase, everything...
My kids slept out at their grandparent’s last night. I slept in this morning, something I almost never do. Shortly after I awoke, I went on Facebook on my iphone by rote. I found the usual blather and...
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