This is love, yo (a Poem for my kids – but not yet)

I recently posted this to twitter and reposting it in an easier-to-read format. I wrote this about being a dad to two teenagers. Maybe you’ll recognize something familiar. This is love, yo Me on the chair Reading a book With you at the water’s edge It’s ok Pretend I am a stranger Yes, you may

The Kids Who See Me Through

I am a very lucky man because there is nothing more affirming than seeing your own children exhibit behavior that is selfless, resolved and decisive…

The Virtue of Cat Pee

Haley Joel Osmet saw dead people everywhere in The Sixth Sense. I smell cat pee everywhere – my hoodie, the family room, the waiting room at the doctor’s office.

Don’t Come In

Being a dad is difficult but it’s also an easy distraction from facing who I really am sometimes.

Letting Go

Admittedly, maybe I have been too busy thinking about my own transition – to single dad – to really take time out and see what is changing with my kids.

A Tribute to Fathers who “Work It”

he “father” in “working father” never goes away and that makes the “working” part so important because it’s not a job, it’s a life.

Attachments

I realize that my attachment to the “things” that occupy space is largely in my head.