The other day as we were driving back from church, our youngest called to me from the back seat. “Daddy,” “Yes?” “Today would be a bad day to die.” His mom and I looked at each other. “Yes,” I said. “Yes it would be.” She agreed with me. I believe this may now top my […]
Read MoreSomething about our trip to Texas left the boys unsettled. The night after we were back in our own house, our oldest woke us up in the middle of the night because he was having nightmares. We settled him down and took him back to bed. Two hours later he was back, and he returned […]
Read MoreWhen I was a kid, one of my most commonplace crimes was tilting my chair. I did it all the time, and got in trouble all the time – which didn’t dissuade me at all. To me, it was a question of mastering the difficult art of balancing on the back two legs of a […]
Read MoreFor the first time in a very long while, my wife and I were forced to leave the kids with relatives for a couple days. The back story there is long and tortuous, but it’s not important. What is important is that one morning found me saying goodbye to the kids and giving them those […]
Read MoreA few months back, when the kids were still going to school, I witnessed a rather bizarre exchange between my youngest son, who was three at the time, and his mother. I was eating breakfast at the time, and my wife was scurrying around trying to get a snack put together for the little guy’s […]
Read MoreBelieve it or not, the kids used to like asparagus. We lightly grill it with a little oil when we cook out. It’s the easiest veggie I know of to cook on the grill, and comes out tasting great. But, of course, one day the kids decided they didn’t like it any more. I don’t […]
Read MorePrior to C having his tonsils out, he had a string of strep throat cases. One evening, he overheard us talking about the tonsils issue and asked us about it: “Take my tonsils out?” “Yes,” his momma said. “If you have strep too many more times, it means that your tonsils are sick and the […]
Read MoreI think the first time we heard it was during a scary(ish) episode of The Backyardigans. N (who was three at the time) climbed into my lap and grabbed my shoulder. “That was Yikes!” “Yikes?” He nodded “Uh-uh.” He held his hands out for emphasis. “That was yikes!” That was several months ago. Ever since […]
Read MoreMy wife had to go to Texas a while back, leaving me flying solo with the kids for a few days. Though the three of us get along fine, things do sometimes get a little bizarre. One night, as I was making grilled cheese sandwiches in the kitchen, N ran out of his room without […]
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