Author Archives: The Daring One

Laylee: Who’s your dad? Me: Papa. Laylee: Who’s my dad? (I promise her parentage is not in question.) Me: Dan Daring Laylee: So he’s your dad too. Me: Nope he’s not. Laylee: You and me are in the same family … Continue reading →

Somewhere there was a clog in the pipeline. Somewhere between the executives at Focus Features and the millions of screaming female fans across the country, somebody clogged up the works. We want repressed passion. We want it in our living … Continue reading →

I think Laylee has her first crush. She has become increasingly impressed with the musical stylings of a certain Michael Bublé. Every time we get in the car, the radio comes on and she says, “I wanna listen to The … Continue reading →

Phew! I made it through our medical marathon with nary a tardy on the family chart. In the past 2 weeks, we’ve been to the pediatrician 6 times, the ER twice, and a little visit with my therapist, just for … Continue reading →

…when you drop it on the kitchen floor and you need to use it to get dinner out to your dinner group members in a few hours and would rather eat nails than go to Target and buy another one … Continue reading →