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Category Archives: Personal Stories

It’s a girl!

I was almost certain that the title of this post would be “My Three Sons,” but not so! Yesterday, my wife gave birth to a little baby girl and I’m still startled over this discovery. Like the other births, we decided to wait to find out the baby’s sex and I have to say that…

How To Build A Time Machine To Your Childhood

(This entry is also posted at The Huffington Post.) Have you noticed that as we get older we require larger amounts of stimulation to engage us? That what once excited us when we were young now doesn’t hold the same potency? Be it the sugar in our food, the coffee we guzzle, our hectic schedules…

A Dad’s Experience With A Doula

Yes, you’re reading this correctly. As a dad, I strongly encourage parents to have a doula present at the birth, especially if it’s in the hospital.

Watching EOD With Charlie

Sometimes before Charlie’s bedtime on non-school nights we watch films together. It’s a treat to share classics like Singin’ In the Rain or Star Wars or The Ten Commandments together and it reminds me of viewing movies with own dad from when I was a kid. Tonight, however, when I asked Charlie what he’d like…

Bedtime Reading As Redemption

Every night, what usually goes on in my house, like so in many homes all across the world is the bedtime story for our kids; and like most households we have our collection of Dr. Seuss, Richard Scarry and Mo Willems stories. But tonight, as Charlie and I settled in for his bedtime story, something unexpected happened.

Make Better People

My mom called me last week with a sense of hesitancy in her voice.

Nozzle Toh-mato Cinderella

My family and I were having dinner tonight and Jamie pointed across the table to the giant bowl of heirloom tomatoes with basil and mozzarella and asked for ‘Nozzle Toh-mato Cinderella, please.” We all nearly fell off our chairs in laughter. Upon thinking about it, “Nozzle To-mato Cinderella” is probably the best way to describe…

Mommy and Me

Over the past year I’ve taking my younger son, Jamie, to the local Jewish community center for a ‘Mommy and Me’ class. Being the only dad present has never troubled me. Everyone is friendly and respectful. Sure, the moms feel more comfortable with asking each other out for lunch, etc, but what’s important is that…

My Dad

Last week was a difficult one for my family. My dad had been complaining about a really, really bad headache that just wouldn’t seem to go away. His doctor checked him out and then quickly sent him to the emergency room. It turns out he was bleeding in his brain. Fortunately, the part of the…