Being Married to Julie, I am the Luckiest Man Alive.

It was twenty years ago today. With my back to the cold, roaring Atlantic, she walked the beach pathway towards me. “Fields of Barley” played amidst the squawking seagulls. (The word “barley” had special meaning for us—we were about to honeymoon in Bali.) I wept as she approached, vividly aware that of all the men…

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Happy Mother’s Day, Julie—Enjoy The Next Weeks In A French Mt. Chalet On Your Own

Happy Mother’s Day, Julie—Enjoy the next weeks in a French Mt. chalet on your own. Talk about the 11th hour! Julie managed to get her Visa at 1:50pm yesterday. An hour later she was at Cape Town International—in fulfillment of a dream born a decade before, when she’d said to me, “When I turn 40,…

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The Martyr Myth (By my wife, Julie)

The Martyr Myth (By my wife, Julie) Here’s a guest blog by my wife. As we dive into another year of the hard yards of whole-hearted parenting, she reminds moms especially to look after themselves… Martyr, Mother. Mother, Martyr. Pot-tay-toes, Pot-ah-toes right? I don’t know about you, but I always thought these two came…

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First Time Moms: What I Wish I Knew (By My Wife, Julie)

First Time Moms: What I Wish I Knew (By My Wife, Julie) As we approach our 16th anniversary, I marvel once again at the remarkable woman I married (and co-parent with). Here she writes for first time moms… If you’re about to become a mother for the first time, you’re in for one of the…

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Check Out My Mom’s Mindblowing Art (And Hear Her Heartwarming Story)

As a parenting writer, it’s high-time I go up-line instead of down-line and shamelessly honour not only the mother who gave me my very life, but also her electrifying art talent. Over and above being a brilliant grandmother, her latest focus is her imminent “Immortals” art exhibition. It consists of 10 large-scale oil-portraits. She describes…

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How My Wife Prepares Our Kids For Life’s Difficulties

How My Wife Prepares Our Kids For Life’s Difficulties One goal of parenting is to prepare your child for life’s road. (Not, as so many thoughtlessly do, to try prepare the road for your child.) I don’t know if you agree, but the more our decades tick on, the more we tend to find ourselves…

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#MeThree

Here’s regular guest-blogger Julie (my wife) reflecting on how boys should treat girls, and why. I’ve watched the sea change over the past few years, cresting in the spring tide of #metoo, and although there are bound to be excesses in any pendulum swing like this, I am thrilled to live in a time where…

Tag: masculinity, mothers, pep-talks, sibling-conflict

The Most Puzzling Part of Parenting (by Julie, my Wife)

My parenting co-pilot (wife) is a better writer than me (or is it ‘I’). Which is why she is my guest blogger today. I found her post in her journal. It wasn’t written with you in mind, but I think you’d love to read it. Let me explain. I write my thoughts about parenting in…

Tag: mothers, mundanity-of-parenting

Two dads walk in their wife’s shoes and discover the awesomeness that is a mom

Mother’s Day is upon us. And I can think of no better way for us dads to honour moms than to try walk in their shoes, and living to tell the tale. This year my wife was recovering from an operation. For 3 weeks, I tried to fill the mom-void which included reading and skillfully…

Tag: humour, mothers

Being Married to Julie, I am the Luckiest Man Alive.

Happy Mother’s Day, Julie—Enjoy The Next Weeks In A French Mt. Chalet On Your Own

The Martyr Myth (By my wife, Julie)

First Time Moms: What I Wish I Knew (By My Wife, Julie)

Check Out My Mom’s Mindblowing Art (And Hear Her Heartwarming Story)

How My Wife Prepares Our Kids For Life’s Difficulties

#MeThree

The Most Puzzling Part of Parenting (by Julie, my Wife)

Two dads walk in their wife’s shoes and discover the awesomeness that is a mom

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