Tonight I experienced another one of those precious kid milestones, albeit an obscure one. A kindergarten classmate of my daughter Molly’s had scheduled a birthday party for this evening (yes, the night before Thanksgiving!), and due to a scheduling conflict with my wife’s work there was no way I could attend the party because I [...]

Along the lines of my 3pm phone call post, I’m going to rattle off the things that dads are really thankful for in light of Thanksgiving. Yes, there are much more important things, but I’ll write about that later. This post is all about self-indulgence and being a “guy’s guy” on Turkey Day, i.e. all [...]

This weekend, my family will be making its annual trek north to our place on the lake for Thanksgiving. This year will see some significant changes, as two new additions have been made to the Keable clan – SON#2 and my brother’s son, to go along with SON#1 and my sisters two kids. I’m really [...]