Most of the stuff here was written as either a regular column for WNC Parenting Magazine, a side hustle of the Asheville Citizen-Times, or In A Word, a monthly newsletter produced by one of my previous incarnations, The Word Shoppe.
Savor The Good Days
Behind the walls of any home are stories of tragedy, pain, hardship and heartache of which the rest of the world knows nothing. Our home is no different.
But just as darkness makes us appreciate the light, tough times help us appreciate what would be mundane in the best of worlds. >>>
An Open Letter To My Son
Your first howl of terror was the most magical sound I’ve ever heard. I didn’t know then that in just a few days that same howl would terrorize me to the marrow of my being, that hour upon hour upon hour without sleep as your mother and I tried to soothe you would make me wonder if I had made some horrible mistake by becoming a father. >>>
Coach D Teaches Much More Than Just Basketball
It’s the stuff that Hollywood movies are made from. In fact, it’s probably one of Hollywood’s more clichéd plots: a ragtag gang of misfits come together on a baseball or football or hockey team. In this story, it’s a basketball team. There may be one or two streetwise kids on the team who’ve got game, but the others are less skilled. (Spoiler Alert: The coach was nine months pregnant when the playoffs started.) >>>
A Bad Day Of Fishing …
But Dad wasn’t an outdoorsman. Fishing and hunting just weren’t in his blood, and they didn’t make it into mine either. >>>