Category Archives: PARENTING
I, The First-time Parent: Rhapsody in Blue
I am taken. Completely, irreversibly, mysteriously, expectedly, rapturously taken. I thought I wouldn’t forget the moments that made up the earlier years of my being a parent. So much of it evaporated into the air. Here’s what stayed. Felt so full for … Read More…
We Shaped One Another, We Let Each Other Be
Our lives twist and turn every which way. Like the tidal waves of oceans, we absorb everything within our reach, needed or not – from technicolored shells, to treasured, incredible creatures, to belligerent garbage, aimed at our destruction. We grab it all. Hungrily, … Read More…
We Do What We Can: Re-Learning Parental Humility
Walking the bustling streets of a Black Sea resort, irritation and boredom pervade my innards. I can’t shake them, not even when I watch the boys’ steps gain in their characteristically happy bounce. They’re dancing to the music of this town’s vacation smiles, party-mindedness, … Read More…
This Is Not Just a Story: You Could Be a Pioneer
We get to be surprised in life. For me, a most recent surprise came this summer, when I had an impromptu heart-to-heart with an old friend, whilst riding a flying dolphin on the Bratislava-Vienna route. Her parenting story is proof, that even … Read More…
Music Does It: About Love and Sustenance
In a crowd of approximately 19,000 other sweltering, like-minded humans, most of them behind me, I am dazed and enthralled by half-naked Adam Levine swaying within my grasp, a mere arm-stretch away. There’s a tiny zit on the lower left region of his abdomen, and … Read More…
Bullying, A National Problem. Is It?
Monica Lewinsky is back! I would be a liar if I didn’t say I enjoyed the drama of the 90s (President Clinton knows how to address the nation, huh?). However, being a classy man, I’m not going to use her as a … Read More…