What We Call Courage

“I am a sad, ridiculous person for these thoughts, but I assure you I strive to be a kind and fascinating human someday.”

Just checking in: Since the first minute our first child was in this world, and I held him to my chest, I’ve been anxious about how to interact with other parents, specifically his classmate’s parents. I have avoided uncomfortable run-ins during afternoon pick-ups so far. I can handle 12 seconds of hi-how-are-yas with some of the other dads but that’s a…