Yoga Insights + 1 Family Car Trip
In the winter of 2002, as a recent first-time mom, I participated in an extraordinary Yoga Teacher Training program in the Big Apple. I...
Rooting on #TeamJulius
For a long time, I was fascinated with the story of Elijah the pack horse—I thought it would make a great children’s book.
Elijah was...
Do we have to talk about Rob Kardashian?
Not 24 hours before Rob Kardashian lost his mind and secured his place in history as a despicable ex-boyfriend, several of us parent types...
Mom or Dad for Fashion Advice?
Everyone is not cut out to give fashion advice, especially a certain father I know.
My daughter, Grace, had an interview at college for a...
Raising Ellen Ripley
Before my two-year-old daughter was born, I found myself thinking a lot of about princesses and “Aliens.”
Princesses, because I was noticing — really noticing...
When your kids inherit your worry gene
My 15-year-old daughter and I watched World of Dance recently. The next show was Dateline: Saturday Night Mystery. The commercial for the episode must...
Urban Planning Is a Parenting Issue
I grew up in a tight-knit neighborhood in the city of Pittsburgh. I walked to school starting at 11. On school vacations, I chaperoned...
If You Don’t Have a Dad
I was 22, our dad had been dead for almost seven weeks and I was two weeks away from immigrating to the United States....
Our days are as good as “back in the day”
Recently my wife and I engaged in two separate conversations regarding life before technology and the internet.
Conversation No. 1: My wife’s friend commented on...
Goodwill Sending
I am writing this from the sofa in our laundry room.
You don’t have a sofa in your laundry room? I didn’t either until about...
