Babble

My own parents are great folks and did a great job of raising me, which is why I am the indisputably wonderful person I am today. But my wife and I have, of course, made some choices about our own children that differ from the ones my parents made with me and my sister. Two come to mind. The first is...

The three of us were sitting on the edge of a fountain in at the National Arboretum that is completely flush with the ground, not even a bump to separate it. Porter was on one side of me, Miles on the other. I saw Miles start to lean forward, so I turned to reach out to grab him. Of course, as soon as...

I work full-time nights and have my twin lads Porter and Miles for about five hours each day while my wife is at work. I love this arrangement -- I get to spend much more time with them than a lot of fathers do, and I have lots of new mom and dad friends. My sons are as close to me as they are to their...