Ted Kriwiel

My super power is the ability to catch something after I drop it, right before it hits the ground. I am passionate about Eight Oaks and I work for Moonbase Labs.

📍 Kansas

Dad Nap

The dad nap is not something you decide to do but something that happens to you. You may be helping your three-year-old go down for a nap only to realize that a dad nap has struck. Or you could read a book on your front porch and be transported in

Trampoline

He called me three minutes after I sent the email. "I'm excited for you; I'm rooting for you. I bet you are going to get more calls and texts like this." It had been years since we last spoke. I received a text from

Just be you

A friend said, "I'm ready to see you take the muzzle off." I had just told him I was leaving the company I helped build. He continued, "You are one of the best communicators and public speakers I know, and you spend your days building

Deficit of attention

I felt a little hand grab mine and heard, "Dad, can I have your attention?" As I drifted back to earth, I realized Ford had been trying to talk to me for a while. "Of course." I apologized for being preoccupied. In a long, run-on sentence,

Cornflower is a color

He said "Yikes!" when he saw the blood. I sat on his toy chest while he stood behind me to examine my cut. He placed his hands on my shoulders and said "That's pretty bad." (It was not.) I told him not to use

Seafood; See Food

When I go to the grocery store with Lewis, we always make our way to the seafood section. "We're not here to buy anything, just to look" I explain to the confused butcher at the counter. Lewis can't get enough of the seafood section;

Conversations from Yesterday

“Dad, are you mad?” “No, I'm just thinking, why do you think I'm mad?” “You have an angry face.” “Sorry Lewis, I’m working on that.” {I fake smile for a few hours} It seems unfair that my children won’t compare me to my mom;

Candles

Lewis asked if we could light the candles for breakfast. They are new to our table and have been a frequent topic of coversation this week. I said that they are really more for special occasions and he asked: "Is today a special occasion?" It's a

Hand

I reached for Lewis' hand as we walked into his preschool and he said: "Dad, I don't need you to hold my hand anymore; I'm big now." I asked Ellie to hold my hand on the way out.

Laws and Machines

If Earth knew that laws were made to be broken, she wouldn’t have made so many. When I asked her why I had to stay, she replied, rather abruptly, “Gravity.” The better thing for her to say would have been: “Because I love you.” But don’t mention this