We had a sex talk plan. That plan was to wait. Wait until 4th grade was over. Wait until the summer break between 4th and 5th grade arrived. Wait until we could have the reproductive health, er, sex talk with the Bear at a leisurely pace and without any nuggets […]
On the way down to see HAIM, the middle show in my biographical month of music, the Bear says to me, “Daddy, I’m going to miss doing this when [Mouse] gets older.” She went on to elaborate, “when she grows up, she’ll want to come out with us and it […]
Not a day goes by, not a single one, without this girl amazing me. It’s not always a grand gesture, something recordable with modern technology. Not always something to slap onto Instagram. She might look over her shoulder at me with wise eyes or a wry smile or pretend to […]
I keep looking at this one photo, again and again, with the hope that my oldest daughter’s sense of joy and excitement about sharing with me her accomplishments, attempts, struggles, and failures never ever wanes.
As they begin to navigate tween waters, here’s 16 things I want my girls to know.
4th and 1st. That’s what started this week. It was scheduled and planned for, but remains nonsensical because the warmth is still here and we all know the stickiness will return before a single leaf turns red. It’s confusing because the backyard play equipment is more than capable of taking […]
Mapping the years through hair styles, iPhone photo quality improvements, and ice cream. I present the Bear x 5 from Kindergarten through Monday’s entry into 4th Grade.
I Hate Music is how I want to get old.
