Reflecting on the struggles and revelations of parenting: sometimes the best thing we can do is just stay back and let our kids figure things out on their own.
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Reflecting on the struggles and revelations of parenting: sometimes the best thing we can do is just stay back and let our kids figure things out on their own.
How do we make a promise to be around, when we must contend with an unpredictable life?
Our kids can be our role models as we try to rediscover play and the fun we lost.
The keys are sleep and paying attention. So obvious, but so elusive.
My love needs to be big enough so that my sons never have to fight for it. It must be infinite.
To break the cycle, I must engage in self-purification that results in direct action.
Life can transform us from selfish into something more gracious - if we let it.
Taking responsibility and doing the right thing to help others is what defines a leader, celebrity doesn’t.
I had a profound realization on a morning walk, on a perfect fall day.
If listening is the key to love, relationships, and trust, choosing to show up is the key to listening.
I cannot break my sons’ innocence early by asking them to dance with my heaviest emotions.
Radha was never born or conceived. Yet, I know she is my sister. I hope our sons realize the gravity of the gift - brotherhood - they have.
Bo, Myles, and Emmett - if you ever find this remember that you are not here to justify us as parents. Remember to love each other. And remember our prayers for you.
My son has managed to teach me a lesson before he was even born - we can’t stop dreaming.
The world of children, I’ve found, can be a remarkable window into the world of adults. So much of our behavior, motivations, fears, and hopes end up being so similar, at their core, to those of children.
Little kids want to be seen, because they know intuitively that to be seen is to be loved. And adults, it seems, are not that different.
Passing on tragic flaws is part of being a father. Can I stop any of my sins from becoming intergenerational?