SAO PAULO — The certificate arrived on the floor of an otherwise empty elevator. 2 of 2018.” A few months before that, I’d met Luisa at a friend’s house in Madrid. Luisa and I were still finding each other’s foibles when we moved into our Sao Paulo apartment last September with 5-month-old Carolina. Luisa struggled most with the transition, because …
ATLANTA — For someone who grew up on the sandy beaches and the urban jungle that is coastal South Florida, camping — real camping, as I imagined it — was the stuff you’d see in movies: friends gathered around a fire somewhere in the woods, eating marshmallows and telling ghost stories or listening for bears. Not while hiking the chaparral-covered …
OKLAHOMA CITY — Back in the day, I watched Michael Jordan drop 63 on the Boston Celtics on a small black-and-white TV with dials. “The Last Dance,” a 10-part ESPN docuseries that chronicled Jordan’s basketball career, helped me build a stronger connection with my 14-year-old son, Elias. But when Elias helped Highland West Junior High win back-to-back city championships the …
