Every kid should have his or her thing. By “thing” I am referring to some talent, inclination, or propensity for a specific activity. Three criteria: They should be good at it. They should love it, without any parental intervention, coaxing or cajoling. It should be legal. At most, the thing makes them feel unique and [...]
Noah came down with the Mork from Ork sore throat on Saturday night. You know the one that comes with horrible referred pain in your ear when you swallow? The only relief is to stick your finger in your ear and apply significant pressure…every time you swallow…which happens a lot. It’s a goofy gesture that [...]
For those MoB readers who are married with offspring, a question: What is the longest time period you have spent away from your spouse and children? Surely we all can say hours, most of us can claim to a day or two, but I wonder how many can say “a week”? If you can’t, you [...]
Dave took the boys up to visit his family in Rhode Island this week, leaving me behind to get some rest. Offers to have dinner with members of my family immediately flooded in, which I happily accepted. I’m still a little out of it. I was at Mom’s for the last two nights for food. [...]
Beijing 2008 Here’s one for the mothers and fathers of daughters. Being somewhat bedridden for the last few days, I have watched an unprecedented number of hours of Olympic coverage, staying up until ungodly hours to watch the girl’s women’s gymnastics competition. Even if I wasn’t recovering from surgery, I would have burned the midnight [...]
I’m lying in bed typing having survived my oophorectomy. I guess I am doing what the professional PR people call “resting comfortably”. But since I am not a movie star or celebrity, I can tell you that “comfortable” is not exactly the operative word. The Percocet that I put so much faith in made me [...]
Tomorrow morning when most of you are still sleeping, I will be at the hospital getting ready to go to sleep. You see I am undergoing an oophorectomy, a procedural name which makes me smile when I want to vomit. Whoever named it must have known exactly how women like me feel when the doctor [...]
We officially kicked off our college gang’s round of 40th birthday parties this past weekend. Yup – all of the 1968 babies, including yours truly, will cross the big 4-0 threshold this year. Frankly, I’m surprised that it took until August for one of us to have the balls energy to throw a party for [...]
We were at the beach these last few days. The beach is absolutely timeless. While almost everything about the way our children play and interact with the world has changed drastically in the last century (and promises only to evolve further), playing at the beach is the same wonderful experience it has always been. They [...]
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