If you’ve been following the ongoing saga of Boy 13, I have an update.
In our last episode, Boy 13 sent another boy his age to the hospital after putting him in a choke hold until he passed out. He couldn’t have chosen a worse “victim” because the other boy has had traumatic brain injury […]
I’ve had a month to process and can now maybe write with some clarity about the latest drama at Chez Five.
One day in gym class last December, Boy 13 was farting around in gym class and put another boy in a Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) choke hold that made him pass out. They were sitting […]
That’s Boy 13 and Boy 5 at the top of the hill. (Yes, Samson, that’s the park where we walked.) In a few moments, Boy 5 and I will get on that piece of plastic behind them, which, I note for posterity, is some 3 mm thick. He’s too scared (or too smart) to go […]
Her Hotness and Girl 16 were gone half of last week for Girls Camp. The other four stayed with my in-laws, and Joe had two glorious nights alone.
When I went to the in-laws’ house to pick up the four on Friday, we’d been apart since Wednesday. I packed them and their gear into the […]
There were eight of us on the ridge, roped together in two teams—my son Samuel (thirteen at the time) and me, Morgan, and our guide. … We climbed the Grand in two teams of four, using a hip belay. … It’s a choice made in favor of speed, being faster than using various climbing gear […]
Artwork by Boy 7. I was wearing my Ninja suit that day.-->
