1) We are hitting a stride. I won’t say it’s “the” stride or “our” stride, just that a stride has been established. And while we know strides are subject to change on a dime when it comes to a newborn, I’d wager it’s a safe bet that new parents, when they realize that they’re managing…

I’d spent most of my life wanting/expecting to bestow on my kids names so Irish in origin that you’d assume they’d bust out in a jig at a moment’s notice. My name literally means “Ireland.” Because I grew up so strongly ensconced in Irish-American culture, I wore this as a badge of immense pride. It…