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Take Nothing for Granted
Statistically speaking, 146,000 people will die today.
I wonder how many of them will see it coming.
Millions lose jobs…
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The Penis Talk: A Conversation With My Five-Year-Old Son
Earlier this week, my son, who is in his third week of kindergarten, exposed his penis to other boys in…
Grade School Shenanigans, Vol. 2: He Did What!?!?
The two most-commonly told jokes in men’s restrooms among both acquaintances and strangers, go like this:
“Oh, so this is…
Grade School Shenanigans
I kept my head down.
My first-grade teacher was really letting me have it in front of the entire class.…
Back to School
Today was my first day being a single dad on a school-day morning.
This meant dressing my five-year-old son a…
“Be Still and Know that I am God”
God talks to me.
Not from a burning bush.
Not from the heavens above.
Not in my dreams.
Not through…
The Final Wedding Anniversary
Don’t roll your eyes.
I’m not gonna do what everyone thinks I’m gonna do.
Today does feel heavy, though. And…
“Do you want to have more kids?”
Someone just asked me that.
And I didn’t have an answer. But it feels like the kind of question worth…
Confessions from my Past: The Dump Kid
When I was in eighth grade, I gave a kid a horrible nickname that people still remember today.
I called…
Too Many Spiders
My five-year-old son has developed what I’d describe as an irrational fear of spiders.
He saw one in a bathroom…
