15 May
I admit it. I spent a long time loading and re loading this page tonight. I laughed, I smiled, I scratched my head.
Like turning seven, nothing really changes… not like magic. That didn’t stop me from teasing my son about his birthday. “Oh yes…” I said. “Tomorrow morning you are going to wake up and [...]
05 Jan
Abundance, joy, virtue, pleasure, light, laughter, success, good fortune, delight, happiness, contentment, vision, wisdom, experience, and love.
Whichever direction they arrive… on the wind, on the shores, from the earth, or out of ashes….
Welcome these things always.
03 Jan
I’m writing from the perspective of a father whose time with his son is replenishing, required, and longed for. When my son and I get together it’s as if our limbs have magically been restored after months without them. We drink from one another’s company, affection, tickles, stories, songs, kisses, hugs, and the simple sound [...]
29 Dec
… and then a couple of days went by like sparklers on the fourth of july. Kisses in the morning, tickling in the afternoon, laughter, running errands, making visual lists of things to do so my son can follow along and tick them off as we get them done, easy trips to the bathroom, tears [...]
27 Dec
We woke up at the crack of dawn. My son called down from the top bunk, ” Daddy, I am just so dry.” How did he get on the top bunk? Where are we? What’s happening? “Do you want some breakfast sweetheart?” My voice sounded close and muted under the pillows which I’d pulled over [...]
26 Dec
It was 1 o’clock and I was already at the terminal for departing flights. My son was going to arrive any minute, our scheduled flight left at 2:05 pm and while I’d only been the weird man in the ugly chair for a little while, maybe 20 minutes of sleep all in, my heart was [...]
19 Oct
My son and I speak every day, and as often as we can we enjoy a video chat. While this is optional for other platforms, the mac makes it so easy, and so much fun, that my son and I see one another, play games, I get to enjoy his homework, art work, and see [...]
24 Aug
Time’s up. Tonight at 10:30 we leave for the airport. Taking a red eye to JFK to meet up with my son’s mother in the morning and say goodbye. We speak every night, on the phone and with video chats. We do, it’s awesome. But it’s not the same. Not even close. There is nothing [...]
Category: fatherhood