I’m sitting here in a hallway of a school in which I do not teach. It’s the sixth facility I have occupied in the last 7 days that I don’t work in. This is one of those things they don’t tell you about in those parenting classes. Kids take you places. You learn things, meet … Read more
History has a song and sometimes it takes awhile for us to recognize its Melody. I’ve mentioned before that my mother integrated a school, and how I had the opportunity to visit the land that my ancestors worked as slaves, but those stories (and many others like them) can be difficult at times to convey … Read more
The whistling I hear breaks my daydreams and delusions of possibility. The whistling is a personification of the years passing me by – the proverbial winds of change. My babies are growing up – and my window of opportunity is closing. I remember when I was 22 and a young student teacher. I completed a … Read more
Captain’s Log – Diaper Date 3037. The Daddy Chronicles. Just a Little Note. I’m artistic, but I’m not artistically gifted, yet that doesn’t stop me from drawing. I made the girl’s lunch yesterday and dropped a little note in her box. I should have purchased notes from my friend, Brent. He does great work. If … Read more
Captain’s Log. Diaper Date 2836. Daddy Chronicles. I Left My Baby in the Woods. To be clear, this is not a story desertion, instead this is a coming of age story – I’m just not sure whose. You see, I left my daughter in the woods- for Girl Scout camp. She has been enjoying Girl … Read more
This one is for my daughter. At the end of last school year, someone asked you why you were lucky, and, without any prompting you said, “Because I have a daddy that stays home with me during the summer?” That warmed my heart. You see, summers are precious to me. Historically, it has been when … Read more
Captain’s Log. Diaper Date 2700. Daddy Chronicles: Cookie Dad. So the truth is this- I wasn’t much of a Boy Scout. I lasted one meeting. One. I can’t tie a knot, start fire with twigs, or identify poison ivy. But that doesn’t mean I want the same for my kids. Mrs. Captain and I were … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1669B. So I have done some thinking. I may be destined to fail as a father. No, I don’t dislike my kids. No, I haven’t put them in harms way nor do I intend to. I have just had bad role models. I’m not talking about my father, or … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1646. It is Friday and that should be a good thing. However, today the Captain feels like that kid that picked on the school bully and now has a date with destiny behind the schoolhouse after the last bell. You know, one of those, “Oh. So you think you’re … Read more
Captain’s Log. Daddy Chronicles. Diaper Date 1639. The Diaper Dweller is approaching full strength. This makes the crew happy and scares us at the same time. Around dinnertime last night, the Diaper Dweller resumed his regular tactics. He tortured the Eldest by taking her things. Fortunately, she found it adorable and cute. It might have … Read more