Hey Kids, Daddy’s Deaf
“My Daddy is Death.” It’s a sentence all three of my kids have blurted out to random strangers while we are grocery shopping or hanging out at a playground. I shrug off, with an awkward chuckle, the...
View ArticleFinding the Positive Moments
It’s a cliché to say that parenting is hard, but clichés are clichés for a reason: they’re often true. Most parents, if they’re being completely honest, will tell you that sometimes life is so...
View ArticleSitting at the wall
I get hung up on results quite often. I have these concepts of what I want to be or what I want to exist in my life, and I take steps toward making that a reality. Yet in the process of doing this, I...
View ArticleHow I Try to Meditate While Parenting
When I was very young, my father introduced me to meditation. A very Zen style of meditation that I enjoyed because I felt cool to do the practice. No, really, I thought it made me a cool kid. Most of...
View ArticleFreedom for my Children
When I was a kid, my older brother Justin and I had so much freedom and we took it for granted. I don’t think I ever spared one moment to think about this freedom, because to me it was just a fact of...
View ArticleThings I’d like Invented Since Becoming a Dad
I invent things all the time, in my mind. The only problem is, I don’t actually make any of it. Some of it is stuff I think would be really innovative and make me a trillion dollars, but I’ll do that...
View Articlea dad and his coffee house
I have always enjoyed supporting independent businesses whenever I can, and coffee houses are especially a draw for me. We can chalk this up to my addiction to profound appreciation of coffee. There’s...
View ArticleThe Slow Crawl of Bonding
My wife and I have three children, all of them through adoption. As their dad, I have a deep devotion to them, as it should be. I adore my children. The fact that they lack my genes doesn’t make me...
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