Four boys. One dad. A whole lot of stories.
Some are funny. Some are ridiculous. Some are things I probably shouldn’t admit on the internet.
Here they are anyway.
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Covid Cruise
Florida. 2020. Vacationing with kids is fun. Vacationing without them is more fun, at least for the adults. When the vacation involves children, the whole trip becomes about them, if it wasn’t already. Are they having a good time? Has everyone eaten? Did we leave one of them at the last gas station? It’s hard…
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Loss and Grief
Time helps, but also doesn’t. Validate the ones you love.
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Red Lobster Puke
Florida. 2015. When my oldest was almost 4 and my second child was still a baby in a car seat, the wife and I decided to treat ourselves and take the family out to red lobster. I think it had been years since I’ve eaten there and I was looking forward to it. This…
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What’s Green and in Your Nose?
Florida. 2021. Faces have holes in them. We don’t often think about our face holes until there is a problem with one. Kids are curious. When a child finds something that seems to fit perfectly in one of the face holes, well, I think you can guess what happens. When L– was 7, he came…
