by Jeremy Topin | Apr 8, 2019 | Balance, Family, Parenting, Teenager, Transformation
What would you do for love? That question is often posed during the dizzying intoxication of a new relationship. Answered in romantic comedies by driving cross country or hopping on some transcontinental flight, chasing down one’s true soulmate. It might mean moving...
by Jeremy Topin | Mar 22, 2017 | Balance
There you are, in the big chair, half curled and snuggled up against me. A tangled clump of hair covers part of your face. You’re somewhere between wake and sleep listening to Goodnight Moon and my made up stories of butterflies and rainbow fish. You are warmth to my...
by Jeremy Topin | Mar 18, 2015 | Balance, Parenting, Teenager
Traevelling 30,000 feet above the ground on my way back to Chicago, it’s hard not to think about distance and space. How people in the same room can still feel worlds apart while others can be physically separated by hundreds of miles and still be intimately...
by Jeremy Topin | Feb 24, 2015 | Balance, Parenting, Teenager
I pull into the driveway, trying to leave that last of my work day behind. As I enter the house, I am greeted by the all too familiar semi-chaotic scene. Lola comes jumping into the hallway, happy to greet, while my kids stay somewhat immobile in their current...
by Jeremy Topin | Mar 4, 2014 | Balance
I remember sixteen years ago… Your first night on this earth. Your first night in my life. Swaddled up and cradled in my arms, I walked the quiet empty hospital hallways for what seemed like hours. My thoughts racing, disorganized from exhaustion but fueled by...
