Tag: wisdom
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Harnessing the Power of Daily Reflection: My Formula for Success and Balance
What daily habit improves my quality of life? Besides coffee, the morning manna to perk me up to get going? In the whirlwind of modern life, it’s alarmingly easy to find ourselves swept away by the chaos, leaving our goals and accomplishments in the dust. Amidst the demands of a challenging career, the pursuit of…
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A Nightly Coffee Odyssey for Sleep-Deprived Parents
Ah, parenthood – the magical journey of sleepless nights, diaper changes, and baby giggles that sound like they’ve been summoned from another dimension…sometimes perhaps a hell dimension. As you navigate the labyrinth of midnight cries and diaper catastrophes, there’s one trusty companion that stands by your side, whispering, “I’ve got your back, tired warrior.” That…
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The Big Reveal
In my younger years, I don’t remember such a big fuss being made about the gender reveal of a baby during pregnancy. Sure, happy parents would tell others and there would be many baby showers, but I don’t recall there being such elaborate parties where everyone’s families and friends would gather to shoot a cannon…
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Midlife Surprise!!!
As I write this, I know I will have to save publishing it for some time. Who knows…maybe I will make a series of posts to document this. Recently, my wife had not been feeling well. She just figured that she had contracted whatever “bug” was going around the school where she works or that…
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Fathering kids at this age doesn’t keep you young
Back in my early 30s, I was working in academia, and I had started to think more seriously about having a family of my own. Another professor, who in her 40s had adopted an infant, assured me that I had plenty of time. She also expounded on how her daughter “kept her young” and that…
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Crying Over Spilled Milk
While reading about random “National Days”, I noticed that February 11th was listed as National Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day. First, I thought that was something strange to “celebrate”, but then I thought more about what that (perhaps overused) proverb represents. Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk–Huh? As a parent of two very small children,…
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4 Things I Want My Boys to Ask For…
The holidays have made me think about what I would like my sons to ask for… Here are 4 things I want them to have the courage to ask for.
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Encouraging and admiring confidence
My sons, Spider-Man* and Bonecrusher*, are still very young and still have that self-confidence young children often have. You know the type of confidence that gives one the chutzpah, during a pre-school holiday concert, to break out into dance moves that would make Michael Jackson envious. I admire their self-confidence. I want to encourage them…
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Why Now?
Why would an ol’ geezer like me become a Dad now? What was I thinking?!?!? Becoming a first-time Dad in my 40s… I had a work colleague who became a “primetime” parent in their 40s, and they told me it made them feel young. They were lying, or delusional, or maybe on some form of…