Every name has a story. Baseball has always held a special significance for Mary and me, especially when we get to attend a live game together. There’s something about the pageantry of the whole enterprise- the concessions, the suds, belting out “Take Me Out To The Ballgame” at the 7th inning stretch, and booing the…
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Happiness Is Overrated
There it was on the screen. The heading read, New Study Shows Parents of Young Children Are Unhappy or some such nonsense. Now, I like to consider myself a temperate fellow. I have, after all, maintained the bulk of my sanity (I think) through the domestic gauntlet of the past several years. I’ll admit, though,…
Cheating Death In A Onesie
Time has a way of teaching you lessons whenever you start to hurry its flow along- like the college junior who can’t wait for school to be over and “real life” to begin. We don’t always know what we actually want. It seems sometimes like we’re the last to know. Parenting is no exception. I…
We’ve Forgotten How to Smile
Winning a smile from a child is like unlocking a new level on your favorite video game. We coax and cajole with great fervor, just for a shot at glimpsing that toothy cavalcade hiding joy in the mouth of babes. And children, for the most part, don’t need much instigating to show off their snaggles….
Talking to Your Kids About Death
Think that children don’t think about death? Think again. An abundance of research has shown that death can often be a pervasive concern for young kids. If you are a parent who has not had the dreaded ‘death discussion’ with your child, just wait– it’s coming. And it will probably come at a completely unexpected…
Rough House
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…