Two bunnies, a stork, and the moon You show your kid how to do an entire night routine; the next...
Asian Symbolism for Inefficient Parenting
read more
memoir
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, Suitcases of Scents
Clothes in the United States Have a Different Smell I don’t know what it is. I don’t know if,...
Stealing From Our Cousins to Teach Them a Lesson
My sister’s unlikely, bumpy road to Mama Bear I learned from Instagram that my niece and nephew...
Rolling Into Trauma With My Fuchsia and Magenta Unisex Rollerblades
My mom’s storytelling convinced me to wear girly roller skates My mom got a pair of roller skates...
Heavy Whispering My Sins to the Man in Women’s Robe
The Parable of the Red Snapper Who Ate My Faith After our 10th-grade Philosophy teacher introduced...
My Wife Wants Me to Stop Lying About My Height
My childish, overactive mind stunted my development. Here is a secret. I’m not 5'9". I do tell...
This is More Than Pomodoro Techniques
The Savant-Like Productivity of Cheaters Photo by Malvestida on Unsplash Whenever I’m told someone...
I Was Grounded Most of My Childhood, A Month at a Time
Flunking at being a robot in Catholic School (33/40) It all would’ve been fine if the school...
The Peter Principle and The Not Divine Parenting Comedy
The recurring incompetence of parenting at different developmental stages (32/40) Petaluma, CA....
Motown, Fixing Haircuts and the Frailty of Life
Chronicles of a Difficult Haircut Part 3-Final (15/40) I was in Cotati, a town ten minutes away...
Celebrating New Year’s Day by the Beach
A traveling ritual between my youngest and me (8/40) Photo by author. I was in Puerto Aventuras,...
40 Days, 40 Stories, 40 Years
Intro to an Existential Challenge (1/40) Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash A friend of mine wrote...
Recent Articles
Silly Rabbit, Trinkets Don’t Replace Hugs
The Impulse to Buy Mementos While Being Away From Home The first few years after my parent’s divorce, my sister and I would eagerly wait for my mom to come home from work every night. We were living...
The Media’s Pressure on Average Men
The Vasectomy Dialogues: An Evolutionary Defense for Promptly Coming Photo by Irv P on Unsplash Scholars and women advocates like to talk about the effects of the media on women, but nobody talks...
Is a Father a Man If He Only Has Daughters?
The Vasectomy Dialogues: The Obsession Over Having Boys I laughed at how amazing it was that all this time bringing my oldest daughter to get “Paletas,” and she never goes, “That one! I want the...