A Memory of a Father

Recently a friend of mine, someone I’ve known most of my 42 years on this Earth, called late one night… Read more A Memory of a Father

Parenting Lessons from Skipping Rocks

“Now hold it just like this, like a frisbee, but smaller.” His large, dark, rough hands would move my chubby… Read more Parenting Lessons from Skipping Rocks

Yesterday, on the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr’s assassination we received the news that a student at my… Read more Discovering I Teach a “Racist”

For the past month, I’ve seen houses in my neighborhood losing the battle against Early Decoration Syndrome. Christmas has been slowly… Read more This Holiday, Give More Love, Less Stuff

We all have those times in our lives where there is a definitive moment, a life changing realization, where things… Read more Life Changing Moments are Overrated Anyway