There is a markedly distinct sound that breaks from my wife Mary’s lips any time she wanders around the corner to find me and the kids in a whirling dervish- it’s the same sound one makes when breaching the water after a long spell underneath or if you see your coffee mug sliding off the…
In one of the oldest legends surrounding the Buddha, young Siddhartha makes his maiden voyage outside of the palace walls and the prince is met with a sequence of encounters- commonly called the “Four Passing Sights”- that would forever alter his destiny, not to mention the history of world religion. As the story goes, a…
The picture above (from 2012) pretty much sums up why I stay off Pinterest. Me (before starting the craft): “A toddler pumpkin painting party? Oh, that sounds like a lovely idea! The children will simply paint delicately with their fingers over a letter that I’ve attached to a pumpkin- we’ll remove said letter, and voila–a…
Being a stay-at-home dad, I have man-danced a time or two with insecurities about (not) making that sweet coin. Stacking paper. Procuring pork products and delivering them to my domicile. Um, money. Blah, blah, blah about being a man and the cultural expectations about “wearing pants”. Personally, I hate wearing pants. And, even if I…
In philosophical discourse, there is a perennial question about the possibility of a genuinely altruistic act- whether or not humans are capable of behaving in a purely self-sacrificial manner. To any thinker who has answered to the negative, I’d like to present a counterfactual: friends helping you move. In my estimation, it is the paragon…
e recently returned from our first vacation as a family of five. We went to California to stay at my Aunt’s beach house and spend some time with my extended family. I spent many summers of my youth at the same house and was so excited to bring my little ones there. Although it…