Category: Parenting
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Once More … For Oren
They were in the car together, Beth behind the wheel, husband Oren Miller by her side. This was life now. A trip to Johns Hopkins for radiation treatment, a necessary precursor to deal with a cancerous invader in Oren’s brain before the rest of it could be dealt with. The…
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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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Alone Time at Disney Does Parents a World of Good
Our boys are not Disney deprived. This is the first thing I would like you to understand. Our family splurged on Walt Disney World seasonal passes last year, and our Year of Disney was a triumph. We love spending time as a family at all four Central Florida parks. We look forward…
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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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A Look Back at Dad 2.0 Summit in NOLA
Saturday night on Bourbon Street – neon green and red and blue and colors of indeterminate hue, a gathering Louisiana mist, free (FREE!) entrance into the Lipstick Club. Old Absinthe House for a round, then off again down a tunnel of light and music and grime and the smell of…
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101 Things We Loved About Walt Disney World in 2013
The Year of Disney technically has not ended for our family. Our Walt Disney World seasonal passes are good until early February, and we will make good use of them between now and then. But as we approach the end of 2013, a look back at our still-fresh Disney memories…
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One of the Best Commercials About Parenting You’ll Ever See (not sponsored)
This Coca-Cola commercial from Argentina is one of the best portrayals of early parenthood I’ve seen. This is not a sponsored post, but I felt compelled to share this because it spoke to me as a father of two young sons and it made me smile. I hope it makes…
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How Will Our Sons Remember Me?
Boys, I don’t know if you’ll ever have kids of your own. I imagine you will. I don’t know whether I’ll ever meet these theoretical grandchildren of mine. I hope I do. If you do have kids, and if I’m gone by then, they’ll probably ask about me. “Tell me…
Carter Gaddis, Writer & Editor 
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