One of the things that scares me the most about parenting is what might happen if or when my boys find themselves in a situation where they’re being bullied. I know with the boys being 4 and 6 it’s a little early for me to start worrying about something that may never happen, but it honestly wears on my mind. Especially now that they’re both … Continue reading The Worst Bully
No, not that one. The other one. The one that had me praying for death just as a new year was dawning. The flu. Common wisdom holds that any man stricken with such a disease will immediately revert to a state that’s somewhere between infant and corpse. That’s certainly what I WANTED to do. There was just one small problem: I wasn’t the only victim. … Continue reading The F-Bomb
o all the parents out there of kids with extra needs: You might be feeling defeated today. The exhaustion and anxiety have set in. You feel like Sisyphus with his rock. You got so far with getting your child what he or she needs and deserves, and then something went wrong. It could have been any number of things; A meltdown. A bad … Continue reading For The “Extra Needs” Parents
Today marks the 2nd anniversary of the day that destroyed everything I knew about myself, my home, and my place therein. Never forget: War Journal – Entry #1: Dungeon of Frivolity – 11/04/2015 13:45 hrs I now know the anxiety that comes when a two year old decides that the time has come to scoff at the laws of gravity and throw himself to the test of … Continue reading The Action Figure Wars
Struggle is not weakness. When you become a parent, you take on the hardest and most important job in the world – the raising and nurturing of a new person. Your life becomes consumed with doing everything you can to make sure that little person has everything they need, and quite a bit of what they want. Mostly you just try to do your … Continue reading Struggle is Not Weakness
I see them when we’re out and about. Those people who can’t help but stare at my boy. It starts almost the moment they become aware of him. He’s easy to notice. It doesn’t matter if he’s happy, excited, scared, or upset. They can’t help but notice him. If he’s happy or excited, they’ll see him hopping up or down, waving his arms, flapping his fingers. It’s … Continue reading Keep Staring
Fun fact: soccer games for the 3 to 6-year-old league are a lot closer to rugby than European football. It’s a swirling mass of little bodies in a desperate contest to take the ball from everyone in the throng, whether they be on the same team or not. Except for my kid. He’s usually on the other side of the field, trying to chat it up with any females who happen to … Continue reading Bend It Like Roundbottom
Hi. How are you doing today? Well, I hope. Listen, we need to have a talk. It’s come to my attention that you are a young, responsible, loving individual(s) that has taken on the responsibility of pet ownership. I can only imagine how excited you were the first time you saw your little ball of fluff, snuggling it and petting it, playing with its … Continue reading Dear “Fur Parents”
To this day, I can’t believe I got hired for this job. Twice. Working Title: Child Development Administrative Partner (aka “Dad”) Position Number: 2 Position Status: Never-Ending Work Schedule: On-call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year Purpose of Postion: To successfully raise a healthy, self affirmed individual of gender tbd, in an effort to insure self-sufficiency and removal of the grown child from … Continue reading Help Wanted
Fatherhood in the Trenches 