Tag: kids

  • To Sadie, on Your 30th Birthday

    I can remember, and feel, what it was like to fall in love with you.  Summer of 2016. The string of numbers representing a year has never meant as much to me as those do.  The year I was born is the only other string that meant anything to me at that point, but all…

  • To Paul: On having a second kid

    You called me yesterday and asked: What would you say to me that would help me prepare for kid #2? I think you used the word wisdom: What wisdom do you have to share with me? Bonus question was: What did you do to help Sadie in preparation for kid #2 Here are my thoughts…

  • Shepherd graduates from pre-school

    Four years of ‘school’ at Black Mountain Presbyterian weekday school has come to a close for Shepherd. Our oldest kid has given us one of our first big milestones as parents. Sadie said it best on the playground at the after-graduation picnic: He’s going out into the world! Year 1 Shepherd, when you started at…