“Argh, Aaargh, Mmmh.” “Daddy, what is that?” I remember the sweet, delicious voice of my almost 4-year-old son in the back seat of the car last week. It was the first time he verbally responded to my vocal tics. “Oh ... nothing”, I said. Nothing. Is Tourette syndrome nothing? Not to me it isn’t. The years of torment from schoolmates and perfect strangers who misunderstood my tics wasn’t nothing. The years of having to make an announcement whenever my vocal tics appeared in public wasn’t nothing. “Please don’t mind that everyone. I have Tourette’s.” I should be used to it by now. I … [Read more...]
Baby’s First ER Visit
One thing I find interesting about having a child is how a mundane event, such as doing the laundry, can turn into a pediatric emergency room visit. I’ve learned doing laundry in an apartment building with an 18-month old is a great way to tire a kid out. My son really enjoys running down the hallway, taking the elevator, pushing all the buttons, and saying hello to anyone he meets. After my little helper goes back and forth to the laundry room a few times, he's wiped out. By the time I'm finally folding the clothes on our bed, I just let my son lay down and play with the pillow … [Read more...]
What Cancer Can Teach My Son
I attended my brother’s funeral recently. Cancer took him, just as it’s taken other members of my family and just like it tried to take me. While I stood there, trying to comfort my family members and reflecting upon my own memories, I couldn't help but reflect on all that cancer has taken from us – some of the strongest and most vital men and fathers I’ve ever known (right along with our mothers, sisters and children). It’s easy to say that we’ll take a stand right now – to end cancer, and I do believe it’s important to aggressively pursue better diagnostics, treatments and life-long … [Read more...]
Help a Dad Blogger Battling Cancer – For Oren Miller
Oren Miller, the man behind A Blogger and a Father and a good friend of City Dads Group, recently received a diagnosis of Stage 4 lung cancer. The cancer has spread to his liver and brain. The prognosis is not good. Oren, who founded the popular Dad Bloggers Facebook group, wrote about the devastating news with unbelievable grace and – to properly use a word often tossed around when bloggers make online admissions – bravery in a post simply titled Cancer. Several of Oren’s friends got together to try raise $5,000 to pay for him and his family to take a vacation together. The funds came … [Read more...]
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