Watching my daughter grow up in real time. Lessons from a bedtime standoff, seven years apart.
Tag: fatherhood
Patience at work
My ability to be at peace with myself and the world around me depends on me developing a practice of patience.
Stolen Moments: What’s Saving My Autumn Life Right Now.
Most days raising kids feels like we’re in the trenches, that’s why it’s so important to have fun when you can.
Game Day Energy
Managing my energy sometimes feels like a full time job.
The Fall Reset
Fall is an invitation to take stock of what you’ve planted this year, and make a plan for harvest.
What’s fair anyway?
What happens if there’s no one specific person to blame? That’s where we parents get the phrase, life sometimes isn’t fair.
When putting in the work pays off
What an amazing thing to get to see your child put in the work and watch it pay off.
The Minivan Chronicles: Where the Magic Happens
Drive-Time Diaries: Life Lessons from the Front Seat
Matching Energy
My family tends to bring the best out of me, even when I’m not at my best.
A dream (not) deferred…
One of my favorite poems from my youth is the Langston Hughes classic that reads: What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore–And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over–like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it…
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