Letting Go of the Safety Net
“Sometimes it’s necessary to go a long way out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly.” – Edward Albee The Zoo Story We’re moving. To…
Tag: Fatherhood
A Letter to My Daughter on World Down Syndrome Day
Dear Rumi, When I first learned that you were coming to be part of our family, I was so excited. I started to daydream about the little girl you would…
Our Story – Part 3: The Accidental Home Birth
“Stop the words now. Open the window in the center of your chest and let the spirits fly in and out.” – Rumi At about 2:00am on January 19th, 2016…
Our Story – Part 2: The Decision
Proceed carefully. Here be dragons. I’ve had to make a handful of “adult” decisions in my brief 45.9 years on this planet. Most of them usually involved justifying spending a…
Our Story – Part 1: The Diagnosis
Early June of 2015. I was sitting in a cramped examination room holding Karyn’s hand while her doctor fiddled around with some piece of equipment, sliding and pushing it around…
“Life is a Balance of Holding On and Letting Go”
The above quote is from the poet/scholar/mystic Rumi, and it is where this blog gets its name. It is also the central preoccupation of my life; When to hold on…
Hold On Let Go 