“Daddy, who are you going to vote for?” I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about this one. I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about how to find a balance between getting political and keeping consistent with the point of this blog. My goal in this post is not to make a political statement
Category: Matt
‘A’ is for all of us, the old and the new.
Three and a half weeks ago I wrote about dropping Julianna off at camp. It was her 1st day at overnight camp then. Three and a half weeks before that, I wrote about the final preparation for going to overnight camp. Today, I am writing about picking her up at camp. This, in essence, is
The Mailbox
Three and a half weeks ago, I wrote about what would be happening today. Three and a half weeks from now, it will be done. I am waiting at the mailbox, both figuratively and literally, because that’s how I’ll know. We just dropped Julianna off at overnight camp. Assuming all goes well, she will have
Packing for Camp
Three and a half weeks. In three and a half weeks we will drop Julianna off at overnight camp. As an avid reader of this blog, you might remember a post I wrote 2 years ago about her first day at day camp. That day went well. The day camp experience is very different than
Goodnight (and Good Riddance)
Today Chloe turns 7. I’ve been trying to figure out exactly how I’d sum up her year, as I typically do in these posts and I think I have it nailed: TL;DR – Comedy. I’ve known Chloe for 7 years, which is essentially 100% of her life. At the beginning of her life, I was
That Flu By
Today Julianna turned 8. Yesterday she got the flu for the first time in her life so this isn’t the most exciting birthday she’s ever had. I suppose your actual birthday is just a checkpoint on the road so, whatever, its just a day; a day that marks the end of a great year and
A. Brand Name
My Grandfather died today. He was 97 years old and I can’t imagine what life would have been like without his influence; without his presence. We all have starting lines. We have places where the family tree begins. Certainly I’m aware that before my grandfather there were his parents and other people but I never
Kidsplaining #2
Well that didn’t take long. A day after Julianna wrote her post, Chloe told me that she wanted to try her hand at writing for the blog. She got the same rules as Julianna: A keyboard, a topic, and the freedom to write whatever she wanted. Her topic: How to take care of dogs. How
Kidsplaining
So I got to thinking: last night while out for dinner with the family, I explained to Julianna and Chloe, really for the first time, about this blog. I asked them if they would like to help me write for the blog now and then. They both said they’d like to. Julianna helped me once
Barney Daffodil
On November 11, 2014, one year ago today, the world lost someone it barely had time to know: Eddie. He was just 18 months old. I started writing this post in February. I normally spend about 15 or 20 minutes writing these but this one has been an exception. I’ve been friends with Eddie’s parents