We're out of Band-Aids
Nearly every night before bed, for weeks now, Rosemary has asked:
"Are you hurt?"
A few times, I made the mistake of saying: "No, baby, I'm not hurt."
"Dad, you are hurt."
She takes my index finger in both hands, the way
Ted Kriwiel
Growth
Lewis is still six
Lewis is still six
Lewis is still six
Thank God.
Next month he will be seven.
He still wants to sit on my lap
He still wants to sit on my lap
He still wants to sit on my lap
Thank God.
Next month he might
Trouble
Rosemary beckons me with two little hands and says, "Come."
I follow.
She opens the cabinet and removes one board game at a time.
We open a box, empty the pieces, and then put them back again.
For Rosemary, this is the game–making a mess and cleaning
Make your own peace
If Ford should die in a sudden accident, a scenario I refuse to imagine or consider, I would use his eulogy as an opportunity to blast the dental hygienist who suggested that I discourage thumb-sucking for fear that Ford's teeth may move out of alignment.
I believe she
"What can I buy with two dollars?"
The app wasn't working. Two lifeguards (who were essentially children) stood behind the counter. The first told us to write our names on a paper form while the other read a book. Behind me, I overheard kids trying to buy snacks with two dollars. The floor was wet.
Liminality
In anthropology, liminality (from Latin līmen 'a threshold'). is the quality of ambiguity or disorientation that occurs in the middle stage of a rite of passage, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold when
PSA
The text I sent to fifteen friends and neighbors last night at 4:38pm:
--THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT.--
In exactly 82 minutes, we will roast S'MORES on our driveway. The marshmallows are the largest I've ever seen. This opportunity is only available between
Lobster Heart
My wife told me that lobsters never stop growing. Scientists call this indeterminate growth. Lobsters grow through molting; they shed their hard exoskeleton, leaving them as an exposed lump of jello before eventually hardening again. Around 10 to 15% of lobsters die in this process. Either they can't
Resting is my job now
Last week was my first week without a job. Here's a list of my activities:
* Went to the pool with my family (twice)
* Late-night beer with a friend
* Took a nap (twice)
* Helped my three-year-old defeat the final potty training boss
* Took said three-year-old to Scheel's
What you believe
In the cinematic masterpiece Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana’s estranged father, played by Sean Connery, is kidnapped while searching for the holy grail. Indiana Jones, played by Harrison Ford, must pick up the search for the grail (that he doubts is real) in hopes of rescuing his