“He has beautiful eyes,” the stranger on the street said, about my son. He then reached out and touched my son’s hand, gently. “You are a good boy, aren’t you? You look like your daddy.” He was probably homeless, appearing very unkempt. He also appeared inebriated. He was slurring and swaying as he talked to us, on the corner, […]
“Human suffering anywhere concerns men and women everywhere.” (Elie Wiesel, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize) I remember the first time I read Night—in high school. I was moved by Elie Wiesel’s words, but I was also distracted by high school naivety and the superficiality of my very safe, very stable world. Night impacted my 17-year-old soul, […]
There aren’t many “easy” parenting days, but there are those that are more mundane than others. Maybe nobody bled profusely, or nobody pooped himself, and you didn’t lose a kid. You know, a regular day. And then there are more dramatic days. Day 1 of the stomach flu. Packing for a vacation. Someone broke […]