Tag Archives: Fatherhood

My Biological Father Has Died… There Are No More Chances

“When I was a child my father believed he was a great man who was in the middle of a great revolution, and things get sacrificed during revolutions. Like family. Or maybe — as he tells the story now — … Continue reading

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From Mine To Yours, Happy Christmas & A Happy New Year

Merry Christmas from my little family, to yours. And all the very best in the New Year. …there’s a YouTube embedded above, if you can’t see it, click here.

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Conversations With My Psychiatrist | Welcome To The Sh*t Show Part One: Andrew Is Homeless

Andrew is threatening to kill himself. I haven’t written a lot about Andrew here. His mother and I started dating when he was four. We got married when he was seven. We separated when he was ten. It was very, … Continue reading

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Another Conversation With My Psychotherapist… Now With Less Mom Talk

The overarching theme for my past year in psychotherapy was my relationship with my mother… which seems not a little cliché, but it was something that needed to happen. We only discussed my mother for a few minutes this time. … Continue reading

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Happy Christmas And A Merry New Year… Or Something

We didn’t celebrate Christmas when I growing up. I knew about Jesus and Santa from school, of course, but one of my earliest memories is listening from the top of the stairs while my father argued with some other member … Continue reading

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Sometimes Life Happens, Part One: Death.

My grandfather died in August. At the end, it was not unexpected. It gets that way when someone passes the 90-year mark, and he was 92-years old. I held his hand a few days before he stopped breathing. He was … Continue reading

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