→ June 14, 2012
Today is June 14. It’s a date that will always be special to me because it was my mom’s birthday. She would have been 72 today. Though she left us in body only 3 years ago, she was abandoned by her mind several years before that in her struggle with early-onset dementia. Curiously, my mom’s [...]
→ May 22, 2012
I write, but I am not a writer. That’s what I’ve always told myself anyway. The difference to me is this: a writer writes as an end in itself, striving to craft the best prose he can. But, that’s not what I do. I write to communicate a thought or an emotion or some information. [...]
→ May 2, 2012
Increasingly, dads are choosing to play a primary parenting role in the lives of their kids and families. And they’re doing it for a variety of reasons: emotional, cultural and economic. But don’t for a minute think that society’s attitude to what has traditionally been considered “women’s work” is changing as fast as individuals and [...]
→ April 30, 2012
My family loves watching Modern Family. We all enjoy the show and we enjoy watching it as a family activity. Now before you judge me (and, trust me, I judge myself) for citing television watching as a meaningful family activity, let me explain why I feel this way. If you haven’t seen it, Modern Family [...]
