My mom is a wonderful person. She is very caring. She remembers everyone's birthdays and always sends gifts. She raised six kids in a house that was conservatively built for two petit pygmies. She's an outstanding cook, a terrific grandparent and still works full time at a job that [...]
If you asked any kid why he loved his dad or mom you’re going to get some pretty standard answers. “He’s Nice.” “She’s so beautiful.” “They buy me things.” “He makes me laugh.” They’re right, of course. We are pretty awesome. But I don’t really think these things truly [...]
Tommy Riles and Art Eddy talk about what fatherhood had to do with Garth Brooks taking time off from touring, Tommy working with Bill Bellamy, the Life of Dad fantasy football league, and how tough it is to be a kid’s hairstylist. They also welcome actor and father Danny Trejo […]
With the end of football season, my attention turns to Opening Day. There’s a term I learned long ago being raised in the Boston area … “Born into it” Because my grandfather (Papa) was a die hard Red Sox fan, I’d have no choice in the team I’d root for. [...]
It’s been a while since my last blog. That doesn’t mean I gave up, it means just life gets in the way sometimes. Recently, I realized something that I’ve been doing. During my “world’s ugliest divorce” three years ago, I created a list of the way I wanted to live [...]
I purchased our first minivan 3 years ago. Within the first 24 hours I was asked where I go to get my skirt hemmed and what size bra I wear (B cup for your information). Now, besides the sexist overtones that I will ignore for this article, I began [...]
Heads I win A joke that’ll take 10 years to tell ... but so worth it! If you like practical jokes, you’ll like this post. When I was 7-10 years old, I used to watch a TV show on Sunday mornings called “Drawing with Capt Bob”. (It was [...]
My kid is seven weeks old. In that seven weeks, I feel like we’ve covered a lot of ground. Pretty much everything we’ve done is a first -- first time taking a bath in a tub (traumatic), first time breastfeeding in public (at a bowling alley), first time wearing pants [...]
It’s 5:30 AM and I’m sitting in my living room in my boxer shorts listening to my kid hack up a chicken bone. Fine. It’s not really a chicken bone per say. It’s more a tiny prickly mucus ball of death. A snotty, watery, evil little thing that’s been [...]
