A parenting blog for parents who don't want to parent the way other parents parent
Nothing is worse than seeing your child in pain. And when your child is especially headstrong, seeing them acknowledge their pain is even worse. Margot must fall down a thousand times a day. She's covered in so many bruises I worry people think we don't watch her. The truth is, she's just a headstrong kid …
3:30 AM. You wake up. You take 30 minutes to make coffee, brush teeth, finish packing and spend your morning with the person you love. At 4 AM, you carry your kids from their beds through the dark into their car seats. The sun is somewhere beyond the hills, not ready to wake up yet. …
The other day at work I was installing AC units into windows. Most of the people in the building are well over the age where they should be lifting heavy objects. There was a total of 17 and when I was done, I felt as old as they are. Installing a window air conditioner isn't …
Today is my day off. Done. No article. Go look at something else. Just kidding. While my regular paying job relieves me of work on this day, I feel its not fair to take a day off from doing something I enjoy so much. Memorial day is supposed to be about remembering our fallen soldiers …
Picture this: you're laying in bed. Your bedroom is completely dark. The smell of sleep is around you. You're kind of starting to wake up but in denial that morning has come already. Then, you hear it. A small swish, swish, swish. The sound is so unique you almost expect David Attenborough to be narrating. …
The last thing I want to be doing on a dreary Friday morning is drinking a shit smoothie. Fortunately for me, this chemical concoction of crap will let me know if there's a mass hidden in my body. In an hours time My body will be injected into a god awful machine while another god …
Lately, I’ve been on this minimalism kick. Thinking about it. Making an effort to live it. When we left our house in Essex last year, we rid ourselves of a lot of crap. Before we finally left, we donated, sold or tossed out (nearly) a literal ton of shit that we owned. I had a …
I've rewritten this post twice. I guess the third time's a charm. What I wanted to say, what I've been attempting to say in the simplest way possible is that everyone should take a break from their normal life. Raising kids is hard, you guys. It's hard and it can be exhausting. Don't get me …
Adulthood is strange territory. A lot of times it feels like we can't truly plan on anything. Sometimes terrible things happen with no explanation and we're forced to accept them. The positive about the ratio of terrible to good...is that there is a ratio, as long as we can see it. This past Sunday I …
Continue reading The Golden Ratio, not just another shitty math lesson.
I grew up in a religious household. Naturally, I believed in everything that I was told about Christianity. I believed the proverbs, the prayers, the theology, absolutely everything and I believed in being a good Christian so I could go to heaven. If you noticed the past tense, it's because I no longer believe in Christianity. …
The Awkward Father 