My wife and I are children of immigrants, just like almost everyone else who lives in America. While it is unlikely that any serious immigration legislation will pass this congress, we have […]
Happy Birthday Jack
Dear Jack, Two years ago today mommy brought you into this world. Two crazy years of chasing your stinkin’ behind all over the place. Two years of laughing, playing, screaming, wrestling, and […]
Sunday Family Football Day
I haven’t felt much like writing lately. I skipped last week and don’t really have anything to say this week either. I’m going through one of my episodes where I feel anything […]
Fat, Old and Pre-Diabetic
I had my annual physical the other day. I was all excited thinking I was going to ace it. Boy was I wrong. A couple of months go I realized I was […]
I Won’t Be Fooled Again!
Over the past few weeks my wife and closest friends conspired together and lied to me a dozen or so times to pull off a birthday surprise. They got me good. I […]
Advice To My Son
Dear Jack, Today you are only sixteen months old, so you won’t understand any of this yet. This is a good thing, because I haven’t got it all figured out yet. This […]
One Year Of Being A Father
A year ago I wrote about how my wife and I had our first baby in this post. I wrote a lot of that post in the hospital late at night when […]
Summer Stroll
It’s August hot and our street shrieks with the sounds of insects yelling in the summer heat. The high-pitched noise is distorted by the humidity, and the summer sounds wave through the […]
Our First Family Vacation
Last night, our three-month-old son Jack slept through the night. Eight straight hours, his personal best, and it happened on our first family vacation. Today we’re having breakfast overlooking the Old Harbor […]
On Becoming A Father
The Days Before I now realize how clueless I was in the days leading up to Jack’s birth. I had nine months to talk myself through the process and develop expectations about […]