Life with Polo: The Emperor’s New Clothes
Life with Polo is a series detailing my experience as a father. The first part of the series can be found here. It was the morning of September 3, 2022. I was asleep. Perhaps I was having one of those dreams that I usually don’t remember when I was suddenly awakened by my new somewhat sporadic alarm. Polo was moving around in his June bed - what we call his bassinet in honor of a beloved friend. The sounds were that of one who had enough and wanted to feel the embrace of one of the two people he
Why I Don’t Want to Write About Fatherhood
Fatherhood is here. As a new parent, a good deal of people have asked me to share what is it like. This is an attempt to open a small window into my experience.