I love all the details, but especially the one about adoptive parents feeling that same connection. I was right there for the whole read--you're definitely on to something. I'm guessing your next memoir?
The thought has crossed my mind! There aren't a lot of "dadmoirs" out there, and the looser structure of the memoir-in-essays seems amenable to this topic. I can't really conceive of a more traditional memoir of parenting, since I'm still in the middle of it and can't see the narrative arcs or throughlines as well as I might a decade from now.
I'm just trudging through the emails I didn't look at for a couple weeks after my accident and just read this essay today Josh. What a fascinating look into your journey to parenthood! Thank you for sharing such personal, intimate details. I would like to share my journey that ended with my decision not to have children with you sometime (it's not a long one).
Great essay Joshua. Anytime you're able to weave in Sorkin is always a step towards something better.
Thanks for reading! Enjoying your series, too.
I love all the details, but especially the one about adoptive parents feeling that same connection. I was right there for the whole read--you're definitely on to something. I'm guessing your next memoir?
The thought has crossed my mind! There aren't a lot of "dadmoirs" out there, and the looser structure of the memoir-in-essays seems amenable to this topic. I can't really conceive of a more traditional memoir of parenting, since I'm still in the middle of it and can't see the narrative arcs or throughlines as well as I might a decade from now.
Definitely write a dadmoir!
Great piece, Joshua!
I was in this space during my 40s. It took a clinical depression, a black lab and a China girl to cure me.
And a new focus on sustainability, if I recall?
I'm just trudging through the emails I didn't look at for a couple weeks after my accident and just read this essay today Josh. What a fascinating look into your journey to parenthood! Thank you for sharing such personal, intimate details. I would like to share my journey that ended with my decision not to have children with you sometime (it's not a long one).