You never know how paths are going to cross. My wife and I met purely by chance, when a co-worker of mine, when I first started at my current job, convinced me to take part in a community theater production. I made new friends, one of whom, six months later, I would begin dating whenContinue reading “Family ties”
Category Archives: Time
The car seat shuffle
Now that our little guy is inching closer and closer to the one year mark (ten months old already), he is quickly outgrowing many things – clothes, some foods, and his car seat. Since his birth, we’ve carried him around in a Graco car seat carrier, the type that has bases that attach to theContinue reading “The car seat shuffle”
Fall into Spring
The weather has been changing lately. The temperatures rising, the grass becoming a little greener, a little longer, and the air filled with the smells of pollen and barbecues. There’s no doubt that spring is here, but in case we take it for granted, mother nature gave us a nice little reminder of why it’sContinue reading “Fall into Spring”
There’s a Monster in our Basement
This is an open letter to a frequent friend. It’s always hard to say goodbye, and often times the circumstances never allow us the way to say them that we truly wish. You entered our lives very quietly, I’m sure like you came and went from so many others. It was in the grassy greenContinue reading “There’s a Monster in our Basement”
He moves!!
It’s certainly been an interesting two weeks in the milestone department. Just about two weeks ago, our little guy suddenly went from just rolling around on the floor (something we have to be careful of in our living room, as the previous owners just threw very thin carpeting over hardwood, with no padding between), toContinue reading “He moves!!”
Welcome to (the new) Neighborhood
Around the time I was pre-school aged, as well as before, my day was incomplete if it didn’t involve a visit from Fred Rogers. I even had a sweater and pair of sneakers that I would pull out of the closet at the start of each show, climb onto (what seemed at the time toContinue reading “Welcome to (the new) Neighborhood”
The Voyage of Life
Please indulge and bear with my reflection as I post this, scribbled down on a loose piece of paper the night before the start of Spring: The large white flakes fell outside the dining room windows a day before the official start of Spring, leaving the backyard, the neighborhood, and many across the northeast blanketedContinue reading “The Voyage of Life”
Sitting around the ol’ radio…sort of
There is something that I find incredibly relaxing and peaceful about listening to an old radio program. It could be the earlier (some clichés would say simpler) times evoked by radio, or maybe it’s the ‘theatre of the mind’ that I find so much more creative than having someone spell it out for us inContinue reading “Sitting around the ol’ radio…sort of”
The Circle of Life
“Lord, what fools these mortals be!” – Puck, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2 I had a very jarring moment recently that out of nowhere caused me to start thinking about mortality. Notably, my own. Throughout the course of my life, I’ve rarely given it thought, or if I did, only in darkContinue reading “The Circle of Life”
Night Terrors
Night Terrors. Even the name sounds scary, doesn’t it? Well, that’s because it is, for both child and parent alike. Fortunately for a lot of people, not every child goes through it, I’m told, and I’ve asked around and found that only a small percentage of parents I ask had a clue as to whatContinue reading “Night Terrors”
The Dorky Daddy 