How Big is Your Purse?

How Big is Your Purse?

The few items I carry in my wallet allow me to buy my next meal, show ID at work, or call AAA. That’s all I really need. photo credit: Tamara Bellis/Unsplash Seriously, what do you have in there? I’m asking as a man who carries a super-thin wallet.It’s an old joke...
The Year She Leapt

The Year She Leapt

The first in a series of profiles of everyday superheroes“I can’t wait to show you the next evolution. It’s going to be a game changer. It’s going to change the way women think about mentorship. I can’t wait to introduce it.”The excitement that Stacy Cassio radiates...
Dear Dad-who-could-do (a-little) more,

Dear Dad-who-could-do (a-little) more,

I was a “hands-on” dad. I “pitched in.” But now that my kids are grown, I look back with regret that I left my wife holding the bag 99% of the time. photo credit: Mubariz Mehdizadeh/Unsplash It was right in front of me. Did I have blinders on? Was I tone-deaf? I was...
Watching ‘Wonder Woman’ with my daughter

Watching ‘Wonder Woman’ with my daughter

When I invited my 18 year old daughter to see the film Wonder Woman, she thought my invitation was a transparent effort to show her an example of a powerful woman.It wasn’t.I was already sitting next to a powerful woman. …after watching Dad in the dunk tank I...
Zoom In, Zoom Out

Zoom In, Zoom Out

photo credit: Aaron Mello/Unsplash Remember when life was simple and easy? Were you only inches away from becoming as calm as Buddha? and then… kids? If bearing and raising children set you back from your quest to achieve Nirvana, I feel you. You can’t deny it: you...
Is there a “School for Mommies”?

Is there a “School for Mommies”?

Parenting in Reverse I remember driving home fast, reaching back to tickle toes to keep my daughter awake in her car seat, until I could put her down for her nap. I don’t know how this happened so fast but now she’s all grown up and drives herself. Last...