The morning is a very busy time for me. I get up early to ride my bike so I can be back home in time to shower and get dressed before my twin 19 month-olds wake up. The morning provides […]
Big Brown Eyes Looking Up At Me
[TFL UPDATE] Hanes, Okapi Football, Nokia Netbook
If I’m using the Michael Jordan TFL Update image, you can bet I’m planning on talking about Hanes! In one of the more innovative moves I’ve seen a company make recently, Hanes has decided to embrace social media and invest […]
[A FATHER’S VOICE] Just Sixteen Minutes
4:00am
That’s what the clock read. Is it raining? I should go look out the window to see if it is raining because if it’s not I can turn off the alarm and sleep a little later.
But I can’t get up to go check…tooooooooooo sleeeeeeeppppppppyyyyyy…
“ELIJAH!” I heard myself scream
[A FATHER’S VOICE] Why Two Okapis?
Originally Posted on Tuesday 31 January 2006 at jgs.net. Many people ask where we came up with the term Okapis. Within a couple of weeks of finding out my wife was pregnant, we went to the Bronx Zoo with her […]
A Father’s Voice: Making Note of My Parental Power
Our parental power is not something that comes up in casual conversation when we’re complaining about how out of control our children have become. In contrast, many parents talk about how powerless they feel. But regardless of what we feel, […]
A Father’s Voice: Second Fiddle
My twin two-year olds don’t seem to like me – at least not at night. Every evening before we put them to bed, my wife and I read them four books in Spanish and English. This is all part of […]
A Father’s Voice: Because I Don’t See You
“I’m NOT crying,” my almost 3 year-old little girl says to me while I’m cleaning her hands from our messy spaghetti and meatballs dinner. I certainly didn’t think she was crying and am left wondering why she would say that? […]
A Father’s Voice: Making My Time Away A Little Easier…For All of Us
You know how some parents look forward to going back to work to get a break from their children and spouses? I’m not one of them. I hate going to work in the morning. Absolutely hate it. I hate leaving […]