Family Stories

Families replaced college friends. Cars substituted bicycles. A van displaced a trailer and carried all the water. We were back in Belgium.

“Who’s Mr. Nobody?” “Daddy!” That just lets you know where you sit in the family hierarchy.

When your son invents an alias at the age of three, you know life will be interesting.

On the bench, Sophie scooted over next to me, put her little left arm over mine, and looked me directly in the eyes as she started to learn to ride.

At least this much can be said of these two kids, they have my persistence in churning out kid humor that just isn’t that funny.

On our anniversary, with just little Sophie and I in the car, we talked about apple juice and that this was the day we got married.

Having committed the crime, Domino sat in the corner for two minutes of solitary confinement. Not one to sit idly, he told himself a knock knock joke.

I found out from Nadine that Sophie has a boyfriend at school. Time for Dad to dig a bit deeper.