Gone, But Not Forgotten

My mom likes to tell a story about my first day at school. Always a Momma’s boy (to this day), I was less than thrilled to enter the hallowed halls of Beth Yeshurun Day School.  As I sobbed uncontrollably and tears poured down my face, Principal Peggy Samet greeted us […]

My younger daughter is clearly entrenched in the “terrible threes” (a slight derivation from the “terrible twos” because she is so much more “mature” now).  To the outside world…her teachers, her friends’ parents, especially her Mamaw…she is charming, polite, and outgoing; they scoff at our insistence that she can ever […]

A few weeks ago, my family participated in the Run for the Rose, a local fun run benefitting brain cancer research and honoring those “heroes” who have bravely fought (and continue to fight) this debilitating disease.  This year represented the fourth time we have tackled the “treacherous” 1 kilometer course […]

As a 50-year old die-hard sports fan, I have spent much of the past five decades following the Houston football scene.  I have cheered through many “thrills of victory” and suffered more than my fair share of “agonies of defeat.”  I lived through the “Luv Ya Blue” era when Bum […]

It’s beginning to look a lot like…(insert most appropriate religious or secular holiday). Yes, the thermometer in H-Town this fine December afternoon registered a brisk 76 degrees. Restless kids prepared for a few weeks out of school (and far too much SpongeBob SquarePants on TV). My favorite greasy spoon, Bellaire […]

The first time I met my friend, he ordered a kiddy burger at a sports bar. He wasn’t particularly hungry so this big strapping guy grabbed a children’s menu to pick his meal. Once we attended a political conference together in DC and I got an earful of his Clinton […]

How many Texas Aggies does it take to screw in a light bulb?  Actually, I think I may have told my last Aggie joke for a while.  (Then again, “a while” is a very relative time frame that is subject to change.)   One of the greatest responsibilities of becoming a T-Sip is the unmitigated grief […]

My daughter Emily (Emmy) just had a big week.  She is mastering the art of rolling over (though still occasionally gets her arm caught in the process).  She started eating solid foods, first rice cereal and then green beans (yuck), and is already less picky than her dad.  She went shopping for a […]

It was a time for laughter and a time for tears; it was a time for play and a time for work; it was a time to remember and a time to look forward.  Earlier this month, members of the community came together to participate in a home building project […]

As has become somewhat customary over the past year or so, a few Saturdays ago I met some friends for breakfast at a neighborhood greasy spoon.  Each week we choose a different restaurant to gather, catch up on each other’s lives, and solve all the problems of the world.  Unfortunately, […]