Death, In the Time of Covid
It was early April, and the country was in lockdown but my 13-year-old son, who described himself as my “emotional support human,” and I were driving across an empty landscape to Charleston from Baltimore. My Father was dying.
The Importance of Fathers
The coming of age film, “Eighth Grade,” illustrates the importance of a father’s steady presence during adolescence.
Letting Go
As my oldest child was preparing to leave for college, I, too, was trying to prepare for her departure. It was not going well. Though I appeared to be perfectly at ease with her leaving, mild desperation lay just below the surface.