Priorities, Priorities

Feb 26, 2013 in Parenting

This is my second week back to work from my paid family leave, and it’s stunning how my priorities have changed. For instance, earlier this evening, I was avoiding doing… Read on…

Just Like on TV

Feb 16, 2013 in Parenting

A TV dad is not truly a Dad until everything goes wrong — there’s that moment when the child has thrown up; the car has rolled down the hill; dinner… Read on…

Nostalgia, Already

Feb 14, 2013 in Parenting

I was re-packing Declan’s diaper bag yesterday and out came a little packet of gauze and vaseline we’d put in there, for properly wrapping his new circumcision when changing his… Read on…

Dear Declan, Day 20

Feb 12, 2013 in Parenting

Dear Declan,Today you smiled at me, and it was the greatest thing I’d ever seen. Now, you’ve been around for not quite three weeks, so I rather suspect that this… Read on…

In the Care of Others

Feb 9, 2013 in Parenting

It seems, on the one hand, a little absurd that two people who just had a baby would be thinking about giving that baby to someone else to care for…. Read on…

Enemy Mine

Feb 3, 2013 in Parenting

Before we had this baby, everyone warned me that the lack of sleep would be my most formidable challenge. Although I’m writing this at a quarter of two in the… Read on…

And the Story Goes On

Feb 1, 2013 in Meta

I started this blog years ago for an audience of 1: me. I thought my writing lacked creativity, so I decided to try some creative writing. Later, it lived and… Read on…