So we’re on month 2 of being a single dad, kiddo. We typically have a lot of fun. We’ve gone to the park, which kicks some childhood ass by the way, and you make me chase you everywhere. You’re getting faster, or I am getting slower. We go swimming, hit…
So here’s the thing: being a single dad is way less cool than I thought it would be. To be fair, I never laid in bed awake at nights as a Dashboard Confessional listening angsty teenage thinking being a single dad was the way to go. Sometimes you expect life…
banal adj 1. lacking force or originality; trite; commonplace platitude n 1. a trite, dull, or obvious remark or statement; a commonplace So I guess the meaning, combining the two would be something like an unoriginal, obvious thought. A pretty compelling way to begin a blog that I fully expect…
We have just two weeks left, living in the same house together full-time. So far, I’ve done a good job of suppressing any feelings of loss that I will undoubtedly experience later. I have, for a very long time, this very thing for so many aspects of my life. I…
Life has a funny way of catching you off guard, friend. You’re still a sprout learning to say please, and I’ve since learned the proper usage and subsequently forgotten it. We’re in unimaginably different stages in our lives, and unbeknownst to you, still experiencing the same things together. Our planet…
*For the record, relationships, despite what most people think, are not solely about sexy-times. Relationships are what every person experiences with anyone they interact with on a regular basis. Some of them personal, some professional, and some intimate. Every one of these archetypes have the opportunity to be or become…
Starting Funky-Fresh I applied for our new place today, fella. It’s not the greatest place, but it’s the greatest place I can afford at the moment. Things are going to get strange pretty soon, but I think you’re going to be too young to know it. That’s good, because nothing…
June 26th, 2015: The Day Love Won. I just recently accepted a new job. I mused that it will be the first time that I am making more money per year than I was when I was 23, almost 10 years ago. Nate responded in kind, “at least you aren’t…
One day you’ll learn that your parents are not as dumb as you may think. As I am writing this, I feel fairly confident that I am reasonably intelligent. I make calculated decisions based on educated opinions. However, I am certain that a year from now I will inevitably view…
When you’re a kid, you don’t worry much about being open with your feelings, being close to those around you. There’s a shift, somewhere in late elementary/early middle school when kids start to become hateful. Not all kids, mind you, just some of them, the ones that have had some…
