Tag: Writing
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The Pursuit of Happiness
A year ago today, I saw a rainbow in the sky on my way to work. At the office, I dropped my computer bag on my desk, walked to the corner office, and submitted my notice. After four-and-a-half years of cubicle life, it was time to move on. Events conspired…
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Free-Range Parenting: Knowing When to Let Go
I asked our 9-year-old son if he thought he and his 6-year-old brother were old enough to walk the mile between our home and the neighborhood community pool without me or Mom. He shook his head “no” before I finished the question. “Maybe in one more year,” he said. “But…
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What’s Important
What’s important? It’s a question. The question, really. It’s also an imperative statement reminding you to recognize and acknowledge something you ought to appreciate in the moment. I’m thinking about what’s important. Do you know? These things we write. These stories we tell. This used to seem important. It might have been,…
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Why We Should Care if CEO Dads Choose to be Engaged Parents
The thoughts and experiences of several CEO dads regarding work-family balance are detailed in a new article posted to TIME. This quote from Ernst & Young’s Mark Weinberger sums up why it is important to tell the stories of these high-powered, high-stress, high-responsibility executives: “You can have all the initiatives…
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What do we tell the children?
What do we tell them? What do we tell the children of Gaza as the tears stream down their faces, leaving tracks in the layer of dust that settled on their cheeks after bombs turned their homes into craters? What do we say to the terrified children of Syria, where…
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Swing, Fail, Swing Again
We played ball out back on a makeshift miniature diamond I mowed into the high, early summer St. Augustine grass. The 8-year-old stepped to the foam-rubber home plate, batting lefty, knees bent just so, arms high but relaxed, head cocked toward the pitcher — me. I wound up and tossed the…
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The Field Trip
He came around the corner, distraught, and found me in the family room. His face broke. Tears gathered and fell. “Mommy just told me you can’t come on the field trip.” Small sob. “I want you there,” he said. “I want you to go. I want to be with my…
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I Asked, He Answered: What My Son Really Thinks of Me
At 6:17 a.m., I walked into my older son’s bedroom and flipped on the light. His face was turned toward the lamp, so he squeezed his eyes shut tighter and twisted his head into his pillow. I sat down on his bed and said good morning. “What time is it?”…
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5 Things About Frozen Our Kids Just Didn’t Understand
Can I say something crazy? We’ve seen Frozen three times. Three. Can I say something even crazier? The last movie I saw three times in a theater was Star Wars: a New Hope, in 1977. I was 8. Naturally, we own the complete Frozen soundtrack. Our boys know the words to…
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