Tag: parent

  • On TGIS(pring)

    On TGIS(pring)

    Son, I love you. Your mom loves you. Rogue loves you, but that might be because you leak food like an old car leaks oil. But let’s be honest with each other, we need this warm weather so we can get outside. Sure, we have passes to the zoo which has some indoor exhibits (hello,…

  • On Starting With The End In Mind

    On Starting With The End In Mind

    On Starting With The End In Mind Son, There is a line in an Avett Brothers song that goes, “When nothing is owed or deserved or expected, and your life doesn’t change by the man that’s elected. If you’re loved by someone, you’re never rejected. Decide what to be and go be it.” Hopefully you…

  • On Fear

    On Fear

    Why I won’t let fear hold either of us back.

  • On your Grandmother

    On your Grandmother

    On your Grandmother There will be a lot of people who will be a part of your life. Your mother and I will probably be the most important, at least until you meet a girl, fall in love, and make a little blog like this one of your own. But your GM Whitt will be…

  • The First Letter to my Son

    The First Letter to my Son

    I remember being in high school and having notebooks full of poetry. One of the poems I wrote was titled “To my Son,” and for the life of me, I can’t remember what it said. The point is, I think I’ve always known I was going to have a son. I think there are a…