Factory Floor Parenting
I just paid my taxes. This did not go the way I would have hoped. So, in the spirit of making sure I suck all the sunshine out of this...
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marckaye91
Jul 18, 20172 min
This is love, yo (a Poem for my kids – but not yet)
I recently posted this to twitter and reposting it in an easier-to-read format. I wrote this about being a dad to two teenagers. Maybe...
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marckaye91
Oct 3, 20162 min
Riding in Cars with Budding Adults
My 8th grade daughter was talking with me tonight in the car. It seems like the car rides are when the best conversations with my kids...
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marckaye91
Apr 3, 20162 min
Feelings (whoa, whoa, whoa Feelings)
“Feelings…nothing more than feelings.” Ok – that title is definitely showing my age (again) but as my son would say, “that’s the deal,...
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marckaye91
Jan 9, 20164 min
Open Heart (Surgery)
My mother had open heart surgery this past week. Nothing snaps you out of the self pity associated with job uncertainty, divorce,...
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marckaye91
Nov 1, 20154 min
Daylight Savings, Raking Leaves & Beginning with the End
It’s a fine line between death and birth I’m not a huge fan of the period between Thanksgiving and the onset of Spring. I can tolerate...
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marckaye91
Oct 30, 20153 min
Bullying, Looking in the Mirror & Changing Leaves
Another lesson from one of my kids.. I had a conference with my daughter’s Gifted Teacher today to review her progress in the program and...
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marckaye91
Oct 27, 20153 min
Don’t Come In
When else am I going to be able to use an image like this? It’s a mother, not a father, but we do have the same hair. I feel like the...
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marckaye91
Sep 2, 20153 min
Letting Go
Maybe if I tattoo my kids’ faces on my arm…. This morning I sent my son off to Freshman year in high school – at 6:42 in the morning to...
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marckaye91
Aug 27, 20153 min
The Unbearable Lightness (and occasional darkness) of Being (a Father)
Amen. I asked my kids to help me clean up their rooms recently; really clean-up – not the “stuff all your crap in a drawer and use your...
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marckaye91
May 18, 20153 min
The In-between
I think I have become too reliant on the GPS. It’s probably typical to look for the most direct route from point A to point B and that is...
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marckaye91
Jan 3, 20152 min
Unbroken
“If you can take it, you can make it.” I took my son to see “Unbroken” yesterday. It was a good film. i tend to be a harsh critic so I...
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