The kids are sleeping. For a moment, their future held a water park. Now it holds a swimming pool. If in twenty years, they look back and say “Why didn’t you take us to the water park that day? Why did you force us to settle for the swimming pool?” I will reply, with combined…
Category: Stories
Heckler
Erin, ever-performing, took a couple of hostages at the playground. A brother and sister team, four or five years old, sat on the bark chip floor in front of a playset as Erin clambered to the top. She lounged on it like it was a piano and she was wearing a glittering gown, and she…
I’m Going to Change My Name to BusyDad, Because I’ve Been So Busy
I’ve done a crazy amount of writing this week. You probably didn’t read it, because I just kept posting, posting, posting. I was also linking, linking, linking. It was annoying, oying, oying. In case you missed/ignored/disbelieved what I claimed to be up to, here is a list-style post about my online activities this week. First,…