Heart to hearts with your kids can be really special moments. There is nothing like helping iron out a specific imbroglio in that 10 to 500 seconds where screens or younger brothers are not screeching in the background. I can tell it is appreciated - even through a haze of blushed expression - … [Read more...]
Lazy parenting
Parenting is challenging at the best of times, knowing if the decisions you are making are pointing your children in the right direction is chock full of pressure. I hope I am doing an ok job, but I also know I can be wishy washy at times, letting sympathy cloud my follow through on discipline or … [Read more...]
South for mother
It could have been more elaborate. We could have tied bows around our waists and arrived at her self thrown 70th birthday cocktail party. But we didn't. We giggled outside her condo door as we waited for our stepfather to explain his three hour absence to my mother, to fib and say he was at the … [Read more...]
V-day
"You can switch on the television if you like," offered the tiny nurse. "That's ok, I have a book," I replied, waving my e-reader in the air. The floor was covered in dollops of water, melted snow I brought with me to my vasectomy appointment. Oh well, I thought, it will dry up. When I woke … [Read more...]
Sloping memories
So it's two days until my vasectomy. Nervous? Not really. Although all indicators are showing there is no way I am going to able to milk this for longer than a couple of hours. This is too bad because I was totally willing to endure some testicle pain for a bowl of soup and some isolated … [Read more...]
Moans from an optimist
I am an eternal optimist. Not in the life coachy, post every positive energy mantra into my Facebook status kind of way. Just always believe that if you keep the sinister cynical dogs at bay and look for the quality in people, without being naïve or just a plain goofy idiot, good things will … [Read more...]
Palm sisters
Steph and I often find ourselves sitting on the couch, bathing in a brief respite from the frenzy, reflecting on our week or planning for the remainder of it. At some point in the conversation, we usually mention the speed of life, spurred on by some benchmark in one of our son's lives: A … [Read more...]
It’s 4 U 2
What is the appropriate cell phone age? It was a hot topic when I crowd sourced on Facebook the question what was the appropriate age to get a cell phone for my eldest son. Lots of valuable comparative notes from both parents who have presented the gift of text to their various aged kids and the … [Read more...]
Snaps
Harried lives, accelerated time, breathless races to the car, sloth-like getting ready to go outside, the drooling need for a glass of wine or a pint of beer just to feel like an sublime adult again. Oh the general laments of many of parent! But nothing makes me pause and reflect on how … [Read more...]
Just might be that time…
As mentioned often (almost to the point of nausea), I love my two boys. I also feel content with having two boys. Sure I long for the wee little girl and the unique relationship that only a father and daughter can share. But I have two fantastic nieces, so sweet and with one a teenager and one a … [Read more...]
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