One of the more difficult aspects of parenting, I've found, is helping Maddie appreciate all her blessings. The girl wants for nothing. Every Christmas is a lottery jackpot; you'd think Santa tired as he reached her tree and decided to just leave the whole bag. Her Mom told me last year that...

It's an amazing time to be an American and the father of a young child. As a journalist, I have an insatiable appetite for information and spend copious amounts of time consuming it. What's worse, I'm a big time politics junkie. I can't begin to imagine how much time I devoted to the...

This post has been an extremely long time in coming. I’ve opined and gone on work-related tangents for the last couple of months and have completely lost sight of why I began writing here in the first place. Thus, I've included an excerpt from my original post as prelude to refresh the memory. For...

I am a firm believer in journaling everyday. I have so many thoughts running through my head about my family, things that happened during the day and things that I need to get done and I find that writing them down is the only way to keep track of them all. To keep from forgetting, over thinking and...

I don't know about you, but the first thing I think when I hear Las Vegas is biodegradable burp cloths. At least, that's what's in my sleep now — whirring and beeping Cherry Masters belching ecofriendly diapers. That'll happen when your first trip ever to Las Vegas is spent mostly on...

This is the last of a four-part series. When I was 11 or 12, I was riding with my little brother and my father in his pickup when a cat ran into the road. I exploded when I felt the bump — I was a very sensitive boy — and my father, in his effort to quell my angst, told me he had run over a branch. Now...

This is the third of a four-part series. Maddie once questioned why her new baby cousin was born. "Was it hot in there?" Few things garner as much attention — or beg more questions — from small children exploring their new world than life and death, though the latter certainly draws more. For...

This is the first in a three-part series. I read an article a couple weeks ago about lying to children, when it's appropriate and when the truth is the better route. I'm still trying to wrap my head around this, the idea that lying to my daughter would ever be the proper course. As I read, I...

Hi everyone! Well, I’ve finally summoned the courage to unleash my internal monologue upon the general parenting public, and ePregnancy.com has been gracious enough to lend me a soapbox. Since there are plenty of mommy bloggers already out there chronicling every burp, poop and mispronunciation ejected...

My vacation was a wonderful reminder of the importance of quality time with the ones that I love. Sometimes the ebb and flow of life take me out of the present moment. I am a firm believer that connecting with someone is done through being present, listening and appreciating the time together. Before...