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To Nanny and Grandpa's house we go

I stood in the delivery room, my brand-new daughter grasping my finger for the very first time, my shaky hands trying to call my father, my voice barely audible as I mumbled that I had a child. It's hard to say what he was feeling -- I'd woken ...

Eddie Murphy's unacknowledged child meets her half-sister

As you may recall, Eddie Murphy is acting like a jack ass. The actor apparently planned to have a baby with Mel B while the two were dating, but then broke up with the Spice Girl and refused to admit the child was his -- even after a DNA test proved ...

We got a fish, and it died. (Part I)

Actually, we got three fish, and only one of the them died. But seeing as he lived in my house for approximately 72 hours before he was floating, lifeless, upside down at the top of the tank -- I'd say the other two's prospects don't look so ...

Detachable playhouse for children of divorce

My daughter has never lived in a house with both of her birth parents. Her mother and I have been separated since before she was born, so she's always lived in two houses -- one with her mom and her stepdad, and one with my fiance and I. But ...

When two worlds collide

When I first learned I was going to be a father, I was in art school -- the place where narcissistic college students and self-centered artists collide to form shockingly self-important young people with a flair for the dramatic. "What? Me? A ...

I'm no Zen parent

I'm not at peace with myself. I have no inner stillness. Hell, I can't even sit still, let alone become content with my place in humanity, the eternal ebb and flow, blah blah. As far back as I can remember, from the earliest days of boyhood, I ...

The holiday competition

With Santa, we had no problems, but it took a lot more explaining to assure Edan that the Easter bunny could and would be visiting her at two houses this year. For whatever reason, she was convinced that the elusive pink quadruped was going to ...

These people are crazy

My girlfriend, Amanda, and I met in Cleveland, a little over 6 years ago. We dated, saw other people, dated some more, broke up, reunited, moved to different cities, then different countries – but eventually landed together, in Texas, almost ...

Puking, Christmas & the alphabet

It's difficult to imagine a more fundamental failure than being replaced as a father. * * * I was absurdly pumped up for Christmas. It was the first year my daughter, Edan, could really grasp the concept of Santa Claus, Frosty, presents, etc ...

I know why men leave

You've abandoned your child. You've ruined everything. If you insist on sticking around, you'll most likely screw up, which we'll take as proof that you suck. In every way. Guilt. Guilt. Guilt. Guilt. * * * Shortly after Edan was born, she and I ...

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