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Navigating my father's death, my mother's needs, and the beautiful chaos of raising two young daughters with my wife.
Read OnlineDownload PDFDownload EPubI didn't expect life to look like this. I'm standing on the side of a road in a bee costume waiting for a tow truck. I lie sleepless between two restless daughters night after night. I sit with my father's body for hours after his death.
In this essay, I try to navigate my father's passing, my mother's needs, and the beautiful chaos of raising two young daughters. Some of it's funny, some of it's somber: I explore midnight vigils with my phone, conversations about infinity and the infinite with my daughters, and the weight of generational trauma as it ripples through families.
All the while, I circle about a big issue introduced by my six-year-old: Why does life sometimes feel so itchy?