Navigating The Stormy Waters Of Fatherhood
There’s a pretty big movie coming out this week, and you are going to hear me talk/blog/tweet/write about it a lot because I am a huge superhero fan. As an English teacher I see comics as our modern day twist on mythology and the never ending search to find that buried quality within us that…
One of my daughter’s favorite songs, years ago, was a Laurie Berkner song called “I’m a Mess”. She thought it was hilarious. She would laugh and sing along as Laurie sang, “I’m a mess, I’m a mess, I’m a big old messy mess…” And she was right because, frankly, kids are messy. And it seems…
As a middle school teacher, there are a number of “perks” of the job that I enjoy – random free extra food in the workroom, discounts at some stores, and my favorite – jeans day. It’s funny, and may seem silly to some, but one of the best awards is a free jeans day. It…
This one is for my daughter. At the end of last school year, someone asked you why you were lucky, and, without any prompting you said, “Because I have a daddy that stays home with me during the summer?” That warmed my heart. You see, summers are precious to me. Historically, it has been when…
Captain’s Log. Diaper Date 2760. Daddy Chronicles: No WiFi. So I haven’t written about this yet, but on the 1st of the year we cut the cord. I have only seen live television in bars, airports, and other people’s homes. I watched the Super Bowl on the computer and that is really the only sporting…