Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Tag: parenting

Then there was the time we were visited by Child Protective Services

A sad but true story.

29 March 2021
Monopoly money: A story from my new book, A Place to Start

How my son taught me a lesson in coping with loss. A story in my next book, A Place to Start.

11 November 2020
Hitting the parenting sweet spot

Every engaged parent is best when their children are a certain age. The trick is figuring out what age that is for you.

4 November 2020
The freedom to live life on your own terms

My son, my father, and me – we might just all be non-neurotypcal.

24 April 2020
It’ll be stronger than it was before it broke

A story of a pivotal moment in my relationship with my youngest son. A chance to teach character, a chance to show grace.

8 November 2019
Connecting with your children as people

I always wanted to connect as a person with my father but we never managed it. I’m relieved and grateful that it’s starting to happen between me and my sons.

14 November 2018
Seven things I want my sons to know about making their way

Advice I gave my sons about making their way in the world.

18 July 2018
“You are five times the father I ever was,” my dad said to me

I wanted to live with my sons every day of their childhoods, but the divorce ended that for good. I reflect here on how I grieve that loss even now that my sons are grown up.

16 March 2018
Dad was always there

A father’s very presence in his child’s life can create lasting security. My dad was a hard man and he left me with some issues I had to work out as an adult — but his steady presence in my life has always served me well.

14 March 2018
Memories lost, memories created, memories kept

I don’t dwell much on memories of my first marriage, which was destructive to all of us. But a few photographs of me with my sons there remind me that there were good times. And then after the divorce, I focused on building good memories.

5 June 2017
It’ll be stronger than it was before it broke

A story of a pivotal moment in my relationship with my youngest son. A chance to teach character, a chance to show grace.

24 April 2017
Monopoly money

How my son Garrett taught me a lesson in coping with loss.

24 April 2017