Tag: family

  • The Shape of Things

    The Shape of Things

    The longest that I’ve ever been apart from my son is about a week.

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  • Our Thing

    Our Thing

    There is a picture from around his second birthday. He is standing in the driveway holding a basketball that is almost as big as he is, looking up at the hoop with complete seriousness.

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  • Whatever Comes After

    Whatever Comes After

    I sat at a table in the gym at my son’s school. At the other tables, there were a dog groomer, a police detective, someone from the state park maintenance crew, an archaeologist, and other community members. We were there for career day.

    My topic was AI.

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  • Not His Thing

    Not His Thing

    I read about a hundred books a year. Most of them are audiobooks, which I get for free through the local library. It’s one of those habits that has been with me since I was young, the library as a place, the books as company. My goddaughter is also a reader, and a few months ago we got her a library card. Usually she reserves books online and I pick them up on my way back from school drop-off. But occasionally we’ll go together to browse.

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  • Nothing, Again

    Nothing, Again

    A few years ago, we did genetic testing for the first time. An exome sequencing — not the full genome, but a significant portion of it. They found a variation in the PRICKLE1 gene, which is associated with epilepsy. It looked like it might be something.

    It wasn’t.

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