Happy Birthday, Jerry. One of the true joys I’ve experienced is sharing the music of the Grateful Dead with my now-6-year-old. She loves to dress up when we go to shows and dance with her Daddy. We even have a favorite passage to sing together: Sometimes the light’s all shining on me Other times I … More Jerry: The Music Never Stops
Summer camp was once something more like a luxury, when stay-at-home Moms ruled the roost and there was less need to keep the kids safely occupied. In today’s two-wage-earner families, though, summer camp is often a necessity. It’s the only way a lot of kids can maintain any sort of social contact with their peers … More Summer, summer camp, and a trail of kid’s clothing
Kindergarten graduation. Complete with mortar boards and diplomas. Audience packed with parents, grandparents and friends. What’s more, shout-outs for certain students when their name is called to be awarded the kindergarten completion certificate. (Squeezing my voice into its best Walter Brennan-like drawl:) “In my day, we didn’t have kindergarten gradge-ee-ations. When you said somebody gradge-ee-ated you … More Farewell to kindergarten; ‘We’ll always have recess’
“Your granddaughter is adorable!” Have you ever fielded that compliment – from someone who is talking about your young daughter? Welcome to Older Dads/Younger Children. In this day and age, there are plenty of us out there: People who decided to have children later in life; survivors of previous childless marriages, and single women who … More The joys far outweigh the drawbacks
The first time I met my daughter’s kindergarten teacher, I knew it. Sure, it happens a lot. You try to push it aside in your mind, but it’s still there: I’m old enough to be this person’s father. And then some. It makes me wonder what they see and say to themselves when they see … More Push it out of my mind? It’s not that easy …
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