Tag: parenting

• Father Playbook

  My daughter, your daughter too. They’ll cry. No matter why, breathe. Listen. Solve when asked.

  G. Pearson

  August 28, 2022

  Writing

  anxiety, art, child rearing, childhood, Christian writing, daily haiku, Daily Poetry, daily writing, daughters, emotional, faith, fathers, fathers and daughters, haiku, inspiration, life lessons, male perspective, male POV, Micro Poetry, nature, parenting, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, problem solving, questions, stress, Writing

• Good Parents

  They’ve no idea. Knowing the truth has marred us. Do we tell the kids?

  G. Pearson

  August 3, 2022

  Writing

  adulthood, anxiety, bonding, child rearing, childhood, Daily Poetry, daily writing, divorce, emotional, family secrets, haiku, Micro Poetry, parenting, parents, Poem Of The Day, Poetry, questions, secrets, short story, stress, Writing

• hour for hour

  My dog stares at me with glossy, saddened, yearning eyes. So I stop tasks I’ve started and pick him up, peppering him with kisses. Until moments later when he wants to be put down again and then I am left to start all over. And each time I leave a little more saddened.

  G. Pearson

  April 26, 2022

  creative nonfiction, Writing

  attachment, attachment issues, chihuahua, covid, creative nonfiction, daily writing, dog owner, dog training, dog writing, life of a writer, pandemic, parenting, per problems, short story, small dog, terrier mix, Writing

• Leaning In

  Replying to the last of my clients and closing Outlook, I lament the ticket to D.C. that will go unused tonight. I fight back a tightness in my throat that I’ve come to understand needs two fingers of whiskey to solve at the end of the day. No one did this to me. I always…

  G. Pearson

  April 12, 2022

  Writing

  aging, anxiety, business ownership, daily writing, dreams, drinking, escapism, Fiction, inspiration, inspiring, life lessons, life of a writer, mood, pandemic, parenting, procrastination, questions, rto, self-improvement, short story, wfh, working moms, Writing

• Rotten Child

  Riled up all day long Judging eye at my mother When I’m the issue

  G. Pearson

  April 10, 2022

  Writing

  Daily Poetry, daily writing, family, family poetry, haiku, Micro Poetry, mom and daughter, parenting, Poetry, Writing