The conversation started over breakfast, a thread to a tangent passed with pepper and more coffee, but it stuck like syrup in a mustache (it happens). Eventually it moved from a stranger-coveted empty table in an increasingly busy restaurant to another prolonged standstill in the parking lot, two family members dancing a tango of societal and political opinion while everyone else kicked leaves and waited for car doors to open. Then it continued in the front seat for another 20 minutes, me in the back with a 5-year-old on my right. His toy made a loud, electronic shriek, apparently forever, … [Read more...]
Santa Brings Dad Home for Christmas
If you have ever watched the CBS Evening News on a Friday night, chances are you've had to reach for a box of tissues. That's because, more times than not, correspondent Steve Hartman's "On the Road" segments, tend to go right for the tear ducts. The preschooler who randomly befriends a despondent older man. The kid with special needs who gets his chance to score in a game. The whole town that comes out to thank one of its longtime residents. The waterworks start flowing even when you know from the start what is going happen. Such as in those tried and true tearjerkers … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Dad Jokes Offer More Turkeys for Your Family Table
Thanksgiving dad jokes are among the lamest safest of holiday conversation topics for you and your family to engaging in at this week's feast. So, as a service to you (and disservice to those within earshot of you), I have scoured the Internet for the best/worst Thanksgiving dad jokes to help you talk turkey. You're welcome. And I'm sorry. Best / worst Thanksgiving dad jokes Q: What do you get when you cross a turkey with a centipede? A: Drumsticks for everyone on Thanksgiving! Q: Where do you find a turkey with no legs? A: Exactly where you left it. Q. What sound does a … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Conversations to Avoid at Family Gatherings
Thanksgiving can be a stressful holiday for many reasons, but the elections and politics of the past few years makes it more taxing than usual. Keep your sanity intact this holiday by avoiding the following Thanksgiving conversations and topics: Blue wave: Unless you are talking about your plans for a beach vacation. “Make _____ Great Again” jokes: “Pass me the gravy so I can Make This Turkey Great Again!” We get it, Grandpa Republican, we get it. Fight Club: IT'S THE FIRST RULE OF FIGHT CLUB! Don’t talk about Fight Club. Safe spaces: Exception -- You may say, just once, "No … [Read more...]
Pumpkin Patch Illustrates the Many Choices We Make in Parenting
If you’ve ever been to a pumpkin patch, you are familiar with a vast overwhelming pasture of promise. You approach the patch with the belief that the perfect pumpkin is there. You have to put in the work, but it’s there. Yet, your search uncovers pumpkins that are overripe or not quite ripe. Then you find the pumpkin with the perfect shape, size, color and you lift it victoriously – only to find that it is rotten on the other side. Or marred by the imprint of a foot or collision with the ground. The paths in the pumpkin patch are aplenty. You can follow the well worn or drift into the … [Read more...]
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