Have the conversation you've been avoiding.

The walk to school is silent. My wife and I are side by side but miles apart. The kids sense it. They always sense it.

I walk along the Vltava most mornings. I didn't start because it was good for me. I started because I had nothing else.

My daughter asked me why we moved to Prague. I gave her the adult answer. She wanted the real one.

The first winter in Prague, I didn't know anyone. I told myself that was freedom.

I moved to Prague, thinking a change of scenery would fix something inside me. It didn't.