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.
Tag: single dad
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.
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.
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.
Hereditary Hysteria | A Single Father Facing His Parenting Anxiety
A routine hip ultrasound with Sara turns into an emotional storm—anxiety, genetics, and a father trying to stay calm while his baby melts down. A story about what we inherit, and what we try to change.
The Divine Ravit | Gratitude to the Surrogate Who Helped Me Become a Single Father
This should have been my first post: a thank-you letter to the surrogate who made Sara possible. A story about surrogacy, single fatherhood, and the kind of generosity that deserves more than a single day of recognition.
Being Sara Malkovich | How Fatherhood Changes the Way You See the World
From the moment Sara was born, I started seeing the world through her eyes—and it terrified me. A personal post about late fatherhood, anxiety, empathy, and the strange beauty of being reborn as a parent.
The Dictator and the Devoted Servant | Life With a Newborn Who Wants to Be Held All the Time
I thought I was the adult in charge. Then Sara arrived. A single dad’s confession about sleepless nights, sore arms, and being happily owned by a tiny dictator.
A Donut Filled with Formula | A Single Dad and His Round-Cheeked Baby
She’s two months old and already running a full-scale PR campaign with her cheeks alone. A single dad’s love letter to “Donut”—and the only filling that truly matters: baby formula.
Sara and Me 