Batman V Superman: 7 Important Take-Aways
My husband surprised me yesterday by bringing home tickets to Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice. And he didn’t just get tickets for the two of us, either. He bought…
fatherhood
Fathers Matter (Every Day of the Year)
Last Sunday was Father’s Day — a day for celebrating the parent that goes largely unnoticed and under-appreciated the rest of the year. Dads are under-appreciated partly because our society…
Lost & Found
It was a stupid thing to do. That much is obvious. Normally, I would have spent recess swinging or sliding or riding on the merry-go-round. But that day, I sat…
A Letter to My Father
Tomorrow marks the seventh anniversary of my father’s passing. I remember dreaming that Daddy died several years before he actually did. The dream came long before the cancer diagnosis, before…
A Hero in the Making: Like Father, Like Son
When my husband and I first married, we had more time than money, so much of our gift-giving consisted of poems and short stories we wrote for one another. I…