Category: friendship

  • DudeGPT

    For my entire life, I’ve shied away from anything that involves building or fixing.  My dad’s dad was a salesman and my dad was too busy spending time with us to care about building or fixing.  I am, without a doubt, one of the least handy people I know.  And not just unhandy; I’m talking…

  • The Trash Dads

    A few weeks ago, if you’d seen the playground at my kids’ school, you’d have assumed someone had emptied a nearby dumpster. Strewn about were candy wrappers, gloves, masks, unfinished homework, calculators, deflated soccer balls, rotting banana peels, and just about anything else you could imagine a child might thoughtlessly toss on the ground at…

  • What Cordell Taught Me About Diversity

    Diversity: 1. ethnic variety, as well as socioeconomic and gender variety, in a group, society, or institution. 2. A cliché term used in mission statements, tag lines, sales pitches, and school websites to show that an organization is more than just a bunch of people who look the same. On the first day of first grade at…