Parenting Archive

Here comes the judge

Had a few hours of driving to do today. Not the easiest drive, not too bad. Thank goodness for roadside McDonald’s and Nathan’s, no?

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” ~Abraham Lincoln

Eighteen years ago tomorrow a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) nurse told me that Pearlsky would probably never leave the unit. She was one day old (Pearlsky, the nurse’s age is unknown). Eighteen years ago tomorrow my father was undergoing emergency heart bypass surgery. Five bypasses to be exact. Eighteen years ago tomorrow, I expected

“I know only fools have needs but this one never begs” ~The Who

Is she better? I’ve had a really really tough day. And I will warn you, this post uses the f-word. A lot. And if you object, well, fuck you.

Head implosion in 3 … 2 … 1 …

Some days are better than others, and then today happens …

I hugged a goddess

I’ve mentioned the pharmacist goddess, Roxanne, in past posts. She is one of the very few who read my blog, know me, and live near us. Turns out that this morning, as I was going to the supermarket, I was thinking to myself how there was no way I could write the post I want

The dog ate my homework

How often Do you ever use your kid as an excuse?

“I think the mistake a lot of us make is thinking the state-appointed shrink is our friend” ~Jack Handy

So much to blog about … the ending to the sagas from the last post, the new-to-the-iep-and-getting-f’ed-over saga of one of my bff’s, the screw-you-I-don’t-want-to-come-thirty-minutes-early-for-the-appointment post, etc. But, I don’t have the energy right now. No, we need to get ready for tomorrow. We Pearlsky has an appointment in the morning. A three and a

I hate Father’s Day

I wanted to be a father for the longest time. I am a father. Loads of people tell me what a great father I am. The one person who matters doesn’t tell me shit. She can’t talk.