What Phrases Did Your Dad Install On You?
I still hear the phrase my father gave me, and I do not know what my own phrase is doing to my kids.
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Presenting Vastitas Omniparens
A twenty-year side quest to name everything, and the loot was already sitting in a Roman poem the whole time.
If God Had Gentle Parented Us
What if God had knelt instead of exiling us? Genesis as a parenting story — and how that first answer still shapes how we punish and how we parent.
It Isn't Too Much Pressure
On spending the whole summer with my kids while working remotely, why presence gets miscast as pressure, and how maturing as a parent removes that friction.
Happiness Is Moments
A reflection on happiness as moments rather than a permanent state: appreciation, rest, morning coffee, and a gratitude meditation at the end of the day.
Arithmetic
A bilingual poem on my love as presence across distance. Inspired by my children.
The First Wall
A reflection on encountering biological limits in parenting and how absolute boundaries challenge beliefs about autonomy and capability.
The Rhythm of Grief - Summer Days and Letting Go
A reflection on the profound grief that accompanies co-parenting transitions, the deepening love that makes goodbyes harder, and finding strength through the rhythm of seasonal separation.
An Hour of Hair Brushing: What My Daughter Taught Me About Time
Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is sit still with your daughter and brush her hair for an hour.