Jase Graves

Big box blues
What’s Wrong with Daddy?..
How to ‘un-dorm’ a college student
What’s Wrong with Daddy? When the parents arrive, they joyfully greet their academically-hungover children and start the arduous and sometimes pungent process of “un-dorming...
Prom seasonal allergies
What’s Wrong with Daddy? No, these symptoms are not from seasonal allergies, but from a traumatic phenomenon known as “prom season. My youngest daughter recently experienced her first “prom...
Hospice care for cars
What’s Wrong with Daddy? I’m trying to keep it comfortable and provide a reasonable amount of care, but I’ve accepted that it’s probably approaching the end of its life...
Urgent calls from college
What's Wrong with Daddy? For the first few months of their college lives, our daughters called us regularly to discuss their activities and to tell us how much they missed us (or at least our pets)...
Spring broke
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My baby is 240 months old
In many of my writings, I’ve discussed my “three teenage daughters. Seriously, though, they made me a dad and added a new level of purpose, joy and relentless anxiety to my life. (The anxiety hasn’t let up...
I’ve been blinged
On a recent family vacation to New York City over the holidays, I brought home exactly one souvenir (I ate the others). (I’m pretty sure that’s an oxymoron...
Hot for hot chocolate
I’ve never been a huge fan of hot chocolate...
Escape from New York and Southwest Airlines
In the 1980s, I repeatedly watched a recorded copy of the film “Escape from New York” on my family’s Panasonic VCR – complete with tuning knobs the size of hubcaps...
‘Let’s take a trip for the holidays,’ they said
For years, I’ve watched friends and acquaintances take family trips during the holiday season to exciting locations like Disney World, Hawaii, Colorado and Cracker Barrel. But not this year...

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