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 remember, back around the turn of the century, hearing Wear Sunscreen by Baz Luhrmann. At the time, it felt clever. Insightful, even. I was probably too young to fully understand what it meant, though I had a vague sense…
I have so many amazing memories as a dad over the last 19 years. One that I’ve returned to many times is a particular afternoon when Elijah was about five years old. He had the day off from school due…
Growing up, one of my earliest memories is of my dog Buffy. He was this huge mutt, perhaps six feet tall—or at least, to me, he felt that big. In reality, he was about the size of a Border Collie.…
The three most important things in life (IMO) are: Love yourself Love your family Stay Positive Years ago, I couldn’t stand it when people would tell me, “You need to love yourself before you can love others.” I was also…
Sidenote: I previously published this on my regular blog https://jasonstadtlander.com to which the operators of King Richard’s Faire responded and I am grateful to attend locations like this where the owners take the status of children seriously. Thank you King…
Growing up, we did a lot of things. We went to Disney World, we went camping, and we did a huge trip where we traveled around the United States in my mid-teens. Of all the things we did, what sticks…
My son is a teenager now, but not that long ago he was six years old and in kindergarten. One day in particular sticks out in my mind. My son had a fear of toilets, it had been an ongoing…
