The words, as they always do, avoid any pretense or shades of gray. They offer raw, utter, unvarnished truth, and they cut like a knife. “But I thought mommy and daddy could always fix anything!” Upon hearing this from Ryan, Veronica and I make eye contact and share a quick non-verbal communication. One that says, […]
Read more "Mr. and Mrs. Fix-It"I know, even before I get home. I know it has been a difficult afternoon because of phone calls, emails and texts from Veronica. Even though there isn’t much I can do to help from where I sit at work, I want her to tell me when it all goes to hell. We lean on […]
Read more "The Computer on the Shelf"One of Ryan’s early social studies assignments this school year required him to write a brief essay about the upcoming presidential election. His first effort produced a paragraph in which he declared he would not vote if he had the opportunity because waiting in lines is stupid. I believe in my kids’ right to express […]
Read more "At the Intersection of Hockey and Politics"Every morning, Ryan gets up, heads downstairs and turns on NHL Network. He watches classic games, documentaries, last night’s highlights. It doesn’t matter, as long as it’s hockey. Yesterday, on September 11, Ryan got up, headed downstairs, and turned on … the morning news. We didn’t ask him to. We didn’t tell him to. He […]
Read more "A New Perspective"I can think of many ways to describe my son. He’s intelligent, loving, considerate, passionate, handsome, determined. But I’m not sure I could do a better job describing him than he did himself, in one of his first homework assignments of the new school year: Journal Entry #1 Write a description of yourself that would […]
Read more "Ryan, In His Own Words"
Pucks and Puzzle Pieces 