Yesterday morning, I lost my patience. It was my birthday, and it wasn’t how I wanted to start the day. Maya was sitting on the stairs, calling out, “Daddy, daddy…” over and over again. She wasn’t upset. She wasn’t doing…
Artificial intelligence is changing how we trust what we see online. A look at the rise of AI-generated emotional content, Facebook engagement bait, and why so many elderly users are falling for it.
About six weeks ago, I found out I have a fairly significant shoulder injury. The current belief is that it’s a torn labrum, although even after two MRIs, they still aren’t completely certain about the extent of the damage. What…
Watching and listening to the news in front of children isn’t something I gave much thought to over the years. That changed when my third child was born, with a sixteen-year gap between her and my next oldest. One of…
I started writing this piece a couple of years ago and then stopped. At the time, I was not sure how to say what I was feeling without sounding angry, and I did not want anger to be the loudest…
When my first son was born, something in me cracked open in the best way. I was overwhelmed with emotion—tears streamed down my face as I held him for the first time. Joy. Awe. The indescribable miracle of this tiny,…
