I often times wonder how different it is to be a dad as opposed to being a mom. What kind of a link do dads feel toward their children? How much of the link that mothers feel toward their children is just a product of socialization–the way we were raised to…
My adopted daughter, Nina, wrote a poem about her biological mother, Justine. I made it into a song. I still have my mother, but for those of you who’ve already lost your mom — this song is for you. We just got back from Disney, and I screamed on a…
Once you become a mother, your mornings are never the same again. It’s like boot camp morning for the rest of your life. And this is life. Or maybe this too shall pass. I know that father’s lives change too, but I’ll leave that to the fathers to discuss. You see,…
‘fatherless’ is Googled around 22,000 times per month globally. I don’t know who my father is and I’m not sure I’d ever taken the time to care had I not been introduced to the very western idea that fatherless children are sociological cripples living one-dimensional lives. Or it could be…
‘table topics’ is Googled around 49,000 times per month globally. Apparently, Table Topics is a game?!? One major difference between me and the other cadets at the Academy was our perception of the dining hall, our communal cafeteria where we were required to eat most of the time. Among most…
I know your face How you’re searchin for a place for a love that will not let you go and I know your pain how it felt to lose your name and sit there waitin to find yourself again. I know your kind How you like to change your mind…