Category Archives: Moms

You Better Not Cry…Well, Maybe A Little

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

Christmas is unavoidable. From the time we are able to utter our first sentences, we learn that it comes on December 25 every year. You get a tree and throw some lights up on it. And there are presents involved. … Continue reading →

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Going Once, Going Twice…

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

My wife has a problem. No, it’s not drugs, but it is an addiction. It’s not one that is constant, but it’s always there, waiting to make it presence known in a blaze of unexpected behavior. You could say that … Continue reading →

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The Croup

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

I have been a dad for nearly four years now and I can honestly say that where my daughters are concerned, I see something new every day. Sometimes it has been something awesome, like when Little Sis pointed at my … Continue reading →

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The First 662.7 Miles Are Always The Easiest

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

“Good evening, sir! Do you have a reservation?” The desk clerk at the Tillamook, Ore. Shilo Inn looked like she had put in a full day  checking in families and answering calls for more towels and was ready for her … Continue reading →

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Oops: A Father’s Day confession

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

My wife and I pretty much agreed on the big decisions. We would live together before we got married. We’d have children. We’d have our first before she turned 30. We would have two. Continue reading →

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To Avery, Who Got Busy Living

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

“Get busy livin’ or get busy dyin’.” –Tim Robbins as Andy Dufresne, “The Shawshank Redemption.” Isn’t that what it really comes down in this life? Time is infinite, sure. But it is also finite in the purest sense. One of … Continue reading →

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Calling the dinosaurs

Posted on February 24, 2011 by

This post is about puke. Sorry, no social graces here. The Beautiful Wife and I have been up to our eyeballs in the stuff since the week before Christmas and it reached its peak this past week: A vicious stomach … Continue reading →

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Reading, writing and arithmetic

Posted on January 26, 2011 by

As I write this President Obama is giving his State of the Union address. He’s spending a lot of time on education, urging college graduates to become teachers, pushing policies that keep foreign-born professionals educated here in the country to … Continue reading →

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A $350 Holiday Miracle

Posted on December 17, 2010 by

I got the text at 9:07 Friday morning, toward the tail end of my daily walk from 30th Street Station to the office in West Philly. It was from Erin. “Where’s the stroller???” It seemed, to me, a rather odd … Continue reading →

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Dad Life

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

This has apparently been on the interwebs for some time now but I thought it was worth sharing. Hat tip to my neighbor Josh, who I hope to have contributing guest posts here one day — he has a 3-month-old … Continue reading →

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