"A Dog + a Little Girl + An Automatic Car Window = Family Nightmare" Or "What You Gonna Do When Life Poops on You?"
It was an ordinary day. We had no reason to think it would spiral into a nightmare for my 8-year-old daughter, Kristin–and for our chronically shabby, ungroomed schnauzer named Frosty (Frosty’s a she by the way).
The family was packed into the Blazer, making a rare trip to Frosty’s groomer. Lined up on the backseat are [...]
Fun on Flight 1703 (The Zippy and Lippy Show or Dad Gone Wild!)
This past Christmas season my family and I traveled to New York City, (a favorite destination of ours–especially around Christmas). The trip was amazing–Central Park, The Grinch and A Color Purple on Broadway (go Fantasia!), pizza at Famous Ray’s (on 42nd St.), M&M’s superstore, breakfast in a diner with singing serving staff, and a number [...]
I Talked With My Daughter Last Night: A Father’s Joy
I didn’t want to. I was tired. There was a show on TV I wanted to watch. I wanted to work on this blog and the website.
Just before she came into the room I was thinking about how everything in my life has become too much “have to,” too little “choose to.” I felt [...]
Even the "bad dads" need love this Father’s Day
Reader’s note: I like exaggeration, sarcasm….and satire. (Thanks!)
Hi, I’m Jim and I’m a (gulp)…fatherI am what is known as an American father. Yes, I am one of the much maligned, often reviled, always caricatured “dad” every child is mad at and every wife “can’t live with…and can’t live without”. Or so it would appear–if [...]