My birthday is coming up this month. I have a friend who celebrates her birthday for the entire month! Not me. For me, it’s more like, “Oh yeah… my birthday’s this month.” No big countdown. No confetti. No birthday week. Definitely no birthday month. But when I was a child? That was a completely different […]

Sometimes a thought pops into my head and just… stays there. Like a tiny uninvited houseguest that refuses to leave until I figure it out. This one came courtesy of Father’s Day — and all the great dads I know. The question that wouldn’t quit? What makes a real man? As a teenager, my answer […]