Anyone who knows me knows that I like competition. In particular, I like any sort of athletic competition. I’ve been like that since I was a kid. I like sports and I like games. I like setting goals for myself and I like pushing myself and I like a challenge. So I work out because […]
Papa
Embrace the changes.
Every Labor Day Weekend since I was kid, I have gone to the Goshen Fair in Goshen, CT. It’s an agricultural fair where they judge chickens and rabbits and cows and horses and pigs and pumpkins and other vegetables and they have rides and games and horse pulls and tractor pulls and tons of food and […]
When I grow up, I want to be just like my dad.
This is my dad. The kids call him Papa. They love him. More than me. I’m not really kidding. He turns 70 in three weeks. Last summer, at 68, he did a mud run with me and Numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4. We had trouble keeping up with him. If there were ever a […]
Best. Dad. Ever.
Dear Dad, Thank you. For putting the other dads to shame. By being such an awesome dad. Thanks for teaching me how to use a hammer, a screwdriver, and a drill. Thanks for building the best igloo a 10-year-old girl had ever seen during the biggest snowstorm of her childhood. Thanks for teaching me about […]