A first night as a father in an Israeli maternity ward turns into an unexpected moment of reflection, humor, and parenting irony—when a newborn baby seems oddly drawn to a late-night political TV show.
Category: Dad Thoughts
A Bad Role Model | The Fear of Passing My Loneliness to My Daughter
A single father confronts the fear of being a bad role model, questioning how his life choices may shape his daughter’s future in a single-parent home.
A Parent Is Not Yet Born: When Trusting a Doctor Hurts Your Child
A father reflects on an impossible parenting dilemma: trusting medical professionals while listening to his instincts when his infant daughter suffers unnecessary pain. A personal story about doubt, responsibility, and the courage to seek a second opinion — and to speak up for a child who cannot.
Sara Verstappen, the GOAT: Should My Daughter Have a Sibling?
A single father reflects on surrogacy, money, guilt, and the fear of loneliness—questioning whether giving an only child a sibling truly secures her future.
The Scariest Day of My Life: When My Newborn Stopped Responding
A personal account of the scariest day of my life as a new father, when my ten-day-old daughter became unresponsive. A story of fear, emergency care, and parental anxiety.
A Mother’s Tenderness: The Night My Daughter Wouldn’t Eat for Me
A deeply personal essay about single fatherhood, jealousy, and the quiet pain of realizing the limits of what a father can offer. Through one difficult evening with a three-month-old daughter, the story explores absence, tenderness, and the complex bond between a father, a grandmother, and a child when there is no mother in the picture.
The Original Sara and the Crown Princess: Why I Named My Daughter After My Mother
A deeply personal essay about single fatherhood, the enduring bond between a son and his mother, and the quiet transfer of love from one generation to the next with the birth of a daughter. Through surrogacy, family closeness, and shared daily life, this story explores motherhood, identity, and the moment a man realizes he is no longer just a son—but a father.
To Hell With Newton: A Single Father’s Fear That His Daughter Might Suffer the Same Childhood Bullying
A deeply personal essay about childhood humiliation, lifelong loneliness, and the anxiety of late fatherhood. A single father reflects on bullying, emotional scars, and the fear of passing generational trauma to his daughter—while vowing to protect her from the pain that shaped him.
Finding a Voice After a Lifetime of Silence: Loneliness, Failure, and Becoming a Father at 52
A deeply personal essay about lifelong loneliness, writing as survival, and how late fatherhood finally helped me hear my own voice. After decades of hiding from the world, I discover that becoming a father changed not just my life—but who I am.
First Victory: A Lifetime of Failure and the Unexpected Luck of Fatherhood
A deeply personal reflection on failure, career, and becoming a father at 52. After a lifetime of unrealized ambitions and financial anxiety, I discover that my greatest success didn’t come from work or luck—but from becoming a father to my daughter, Sara.
Sara and Me 