Christmas can be stressful for parents of little ones, but it’s also the most special time of year and well worth any anxiety that it brings.Once Christmas comes and goes, it’s a bittersweet feeling. There’s an interesting combination of exhaustion and regret. There’s relief that it’s over at first, but then comes some dejection that… Read more »
Category: Fatherhood Adventures
Adventures Of Fatherhood
Every year since this rambling has been appearing in this paper I have shared my family’s photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus as well as the experience our boys had with the jolly one and his wife.It’s the one time a year you get see the faces of the children I write about each week.Along… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
When your kids are young, you never know how they will react to new situations.That’s why I had an attack of the nerves when the lights went off last Friday at Beckett’s school for the annual Candlelight Christmas service. All of a sudden, I had that anxious, nauseous feeling that comes with nerves and anxiety… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
To me, nothing beats laughing, and my kids provide an endless supply of it.As my boys mature, relatively speaking, and become more sophisticated, again relatively speaking, their personalities are changing and it’s been fun to watch them develop.From my perspective, my sons are at their funniest when they are not trying to be. Actually, when… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
Watching football over the last four-plus years since my kids came along has been tricky business for me.With my young boys, I have learned there is no sense in trying to get either one to watch the weekly Ravens game with me. The game is just too long and requires too much attention. Or as… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
This is almost becoming a monthly feature in this space, but I remain baffled at what Pam and I say sometimes to our kids.The comments made here are almost always followed by the obligatory head shakes of surprise and frustration over what was specifically said or the fact it had to be said in the… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
Twice this week, it was bring a kid to work day for me, and there is never a dull moment with that.Due to circumstances that develop beyond our control (fog delay for school, for one), there are days that require inconvenient adjustments to the daily routine and that’s what happened this week, resulting in Beckett… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
Stress is measured on two different levels for me — professional and personal.No question in my mind, it’s the personal stress that eats me up the most, particularly the pressures that come with the hectic nature of parenting two toddlers.I attribute it to the fact I have been working a lot longer than parenting and… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
There were lots of memorable and forgettable times during the inside imprisonment that was Hurricane Sandy.The idea of basically being holed up in the house for two straight days because of the weather is never enjoyable to me, but add two kids, ages 4 and 2, to the picture and it can enter the realm… Read more »
Adventures Of Fatherhood
I am not a parent who thinks my kids can do no wrong.As a matter of fact, I know they often make mistakes, can be incredibly challenging at times, seem to continuously struggle with listening and have undoubtedly led to these premature streaks surfacing in my hair.However, there are times when they make me so… Read more »