Tales from the Middle Ages
Looking for Mr. Sandman at a sleep disorders lab
My friends who’ve gone through a sleep study guaranteed I’d have a poor night’s sleep. So what’s new? For the past couple of years my sleep has been fragmented. I get up constantly to go to bathroom. I toss and turn. I snore. I rarely sleep through the night and often...
Checkbook diplomacy in middle age
Who controls the finances and pays the bills in your marriage? My wife, Laura, has been the one handling the bills as long as I can remember. Frankly, she’s better at it than me and doesn’t mind. For years, we have both worked full-time. Finances were never a problem...
Thoughts on the second anniversary of my dad’s death
Yesterday was the second anniversary of my dad's death I still get choked up time to time when something comes along that reminds me of him. I have a stack of documents right now sitting in my dining room that my stepmother gave me this past summer that includes...
How I happened to get a vasectomy
It was my wife who suggested I get a vasectomy. I was 43 at the time and we already had two kids: a daughter and a son.Laura had been using various forms of birth control for years and she was tired of it. I suggested that maybe she should just have her tubes tied....
Sometimes it helps to remember that life’s not all about you
Sometimes it’s hard not to be focused on yourself and your problems. Work, situations that arise with your kids, your marriage – we all have a lot on our plates. Every once in awhile, though, something happens – something that fortifies your faith in humanity....
My wife’s late-night reading bugs me
We’ve argued about it for years in bed.It’s my wife’s long-standing practice of having to read 30-45 minutes nearly every night before falling asleep. I read as well, but not as consistently as my wife. On top of that, our schedules are staggered and I like to go to...
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