A Tiny Hand Growing Larger in Mine
Summer is here and my son is now six. Yesterday was his birthday, as well as the final day of school and kindergarten graduation, which meant steady bursts of buzzed emotion for the four of us, all throughout the day. Max is extraordinary. Though describing his incredible qualities would be difficult without the benefit of [...]
My Daughter Gave Me the Finger
My daughter broke her finger. You probably heard her screaming. It was the ring finger on her right hand; the one she writes, reads and draws with. The worst part of the episode, besides the angry plum colored maw of a digit, was that by the time it was over I felt like 175 pounds [...]
At Least She’ll Never Outgrow Me
This last year was a bolt of lightning with an endless flicker. It flew right by, but lingered all the way. We’ve changed a lot. Can’t help it. The planet orbits and we evolve, inevitable as inhale and exhale. Two weekends ago we had the annual Valentine’s Ball at our school, the same Father Daughter Dance [...]
Dancing to Billie Jean
Despite my best intentions, it is entirely possible this video is funny only to me and those people who know my son. However, I’m willing to take the risk. The video is only a minute forty seconds and I sorta dare you not to smile a single time. Here’s Max, dancing to Billie Jean. Enjoy!
A Good Life Requires an Endless Edit
“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.” ~Anais Nin My daughter writes a post every Thursday over at Children Write the Future, and though she does [...]
Persevering Through the Pause
After three weeks of rehearsals, last Friday I finally sat to watch the fall talent show at our children’s school. Max didn’t participate, though I think he regretted his decision about five minutes after the first auditions were finished. He didn’t realize he’d have to spend every minute at the rehearsals anyway, but without the [...]
The Mothers and Fathers of Tomorrow
Today’s Deja Vuesday/old favorite takes us back to one year ago when some punk ass kid was outside my house uglifiying my corner more than it already was. In the year that’s passed, the neighborhood has continued its decay of comfortable apathy. It’s sad really; what could be one of the more romantic rows of [...]
Poop on a Cracker With Perfect Timing
Sometimes things are better with video. The entire thing clocks in at under a minute and a half. Enjoy!
I’ma Let You Finish – Kanye’s Outburst From a Father’s Perspective
Our president was right when he called Kanye a jackass. I’m glad he did and am glad it was recorded. It was a good moment I thought, for our country to see our president being human, expressing an opinion any reasonable person would have a difficult time disagreeing with. Really, despite his millions of dollars [...]
The 40 Year Old Version
Today’s “Writer Dad” is Joel Schwartzberg, author of the book “The 40 Year Old Version.” Today, Joel is sharing an excerpt from his book. After you enjoy the excerpt, you can find more information at Divorced Dad Book dotcom. One of my earliest publishings was this essay, a version of which appeared on the very [...]
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Hi, I'm Sean Platt - author, father, and Creative Director at Rev Media Marketing. Writer Dad is my life as it unfolds. This chapter of my journey began two years back when I took a chance on myself by closing a successful business to pursue my dream of writing for a living. It was the craziest, riskiest and most wonderful thing I've ever done. Well, except for becoming a dad.
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