If the coronavirus has taught me anything, it’s that we live in a time where kids are expected to have a bunch after school activities in addition to actually going to school (whenever that happens again).

“What are you thinking about?”

This is one of the most feared questions a husband—or a boyfriend—can face. Never once in the history of the universe has a man asked his partner this question.

I met you when I was 29—only a few years older than you are now. I was NOT a Ninja Dad. I was a 20-something who had never been a parent before. I was a lot of things, but an experienced parent was not one of them. You were my first kid.