I brought Ryan with me to the office yesterday for Take Your Child To Work Day. It was either the sixth or seventh time I’ve done so. Since I work in hockey, this day is a Really Big Deal for Ryan, and he looks forward to it every year. Sadly, he is aging out of […]
Read more "Our Journey to Easy"So I stole a cab from a woman at our local train station Tuesday. Well, not exactly “stole” — she and I approached the only cab in sight at the same time from opposite sides, but the driver made eye contact with me first. I’m sorry. I should have apologized. I should have been more […]
Read more "To the Woman Whose Cab I Stole"I did not have a post in mind when I left the house this morning. I had bits and pieces of one perhaps, but not enough of a common thread to pull together. Besides, I had a late beer-league hockey game last night and the thought of a nap on the train sounded appealing. But […]
Read more "Joy"Here we were, outsider another hockey arena, trying to figure out what to do after our planned dinner destination didn’t pan out. It was not lost on me that I dug up and posted an old blog entry about this very topic, and how a last-minute change-up in dinner plans turned what should have been […]
Read more "This Time It Was Different"There’s nothing quite like asking a teenager for their opinion to confirm you are not cool. Saturday night, Veronica and I were watching the Final Four while Ryan played pickup hockey with his buddies. Since Veronica was glued to the TV and her Kentucky Wildcats (sorry about that, honey) it was my turn to fetch Ryan […]
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Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 