Tag: fatherhood

  • 🕯️ The Thursday Lantern — Before the Moment Passes

    🕯️ The Thursday Lantern — Before the Moment Passes

    A tender, aching prose poem about answering the small miracles before they slip away. A reflection on regret, presence, and the fragile urgency of love.

  • The Times I Was Here

    The Times I Was Here

    My daughter is seven, and this is her second year playing softball. Instructional league. That beautiful, chaotic mix of learning and laughing, missed catches, tiny victories, and too-big helmets. She loves it. Lives and dies with every swing, every play. And I’ve found myself just… there. Not loud. Not hovering. Just steady.Watching—just a bit back…