Last Friday was our town’s annual Christmas parade. My son and I walked the parade as part of his school’s Cub Scout pack. It was cold, but all the kids had a great time. We walked in front of a fire engine who’s driver enthusiastically honked that ultra loud, make-your-eardrums-bleed, emergency horn every couple of [...]
D is for Dad
Parenting from a Dad’s eye view
Monthly Archives: November 2008
Nov 21
Fellowship of the Häagen-Dazs
Each evening as the little ones are tucked into their beds invariably Mom or I are called upon to tuck them in one more time. As the favored among us goes about our parental duty the other has a far greater task at hand as they slowly approach the freezer and pull from its heavenly [...]
Nov 17
We need a monitor, STAT!
My lovely wife has been a nurse for many years. She has always had a fondness for the elderly among us and spent many years caring for them either in their home or at assisted living facilities. She was incredible at this job and eased the heart of many a passing person and their family [...]
Nov 08
Everyone in their place
I worry a lot. Specifically about my kids, and most specifically when we are all in crowded places or if they aren’t with their mother or I. If any one of them were to come up missing I would be an absolute wreck. They are my life. In my various travels online, and while listening [...]
Nov 03
In this corner, wearing a look of desperation…
Lately, my eight year old son has been asking me some very deep questions. I have never been an authority regarding the questions he asks, and never will be. I was raised Catholic, and to this day practice most Catholic traditions. Yet as I get older there are things that are getting harder and harder [...]
Nov 02
Fade to black
I had a great internal battle when I learned my son’s team had made the regional high school football playoffs. The game was scheduled for Halloween evening which meant choosing between the game and taking the girls trick-or-treating. This was to be the first Halloween where they would both be fully engaged in the moment [...]
