You know what? The obvious is obvious for a reason.

Once in a while you get a moment of clarity - an inspiration - and they don't come that frequently.

But at the same time that the experience is pulling you apart, it's also bonding you. You have this joint venture! You both made this baby. And that's the thing I still can't get over

They don't see that whole pattern. Worm/death. Worm/death. I would catch on.

Two or three times a week, I drive by the houses of numbers 78-100 just to rub it in.

Just because a baby cries, I discovered, doesn't mean there's always something wrong. Sometimes babies wake up for no real reason. They just want to check if they're doing it right. "This is Sleeping, right?" "Exactly." "I just lie here?" "That's right." "Okay." Then back to sleep they go.

Our date-nightrule is no talking about the kids. That lasts about to the end of the driveway.