Category: Life
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Nesting: Dads can nest, too!
We expectant fathers play a crucial role in the preparation for the arrival of a new baby. It is important for us to take an active part in this process, as it helps us to bond with the baby even before the bundle of joy (and poopie diapers) arrives. One of the ways I’m preparing…
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Our First Ultrasound
First, having to wait to tell everyone we’re expecting is torturous! I want to scream it out loud and revel in the outward preparation (and anticipation) of Baby Groot**. We aren’t telling hardly anyone yet*** since it is early on and so much can happen. We definitely are not telling Spider-Man* and Bonecrusher* until later…
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Midlife Surprise!!!
As I write this, I know I will have to save publishing it for some time. Who knows…maybe I will make a series of posts to document this. Recently, my wife had not been feeling well. She just figured that she had contracted whatever “bug” was going around the school where she works or that…
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Fathering kids at this age doesn’t keep you young
Back in my early 30s, I was working in academia, and I had started to think more seriously about having a family of my own. Another professor, who in her 40s had adopted an infant, assured me that I had plenty of time. She also expounded on how her daughter “kept her young” and that…
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Crying Over Spilled Milk
While reading about random “National Days”, I noticed that February 11th was listed as National Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day. First, I thought that was something strange to “celebrate”, but then I thought more about what that (perhaps overused) proverb represents. Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk–Huh? As a parent of two very small children,…
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4 Things I Want My Boys to Ask For…
The holidays have made me think about what I would like my sons to ask for… Here are 4 things I want them to have the courage to ask for.
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Grateful
It has been some time since the last post when we were hunkering down during hurricane Ian here in Florida. To keep this very brief, we are fine, and we did not suffer any structural damage to our home. Some of the trees in our yard were damaged, and we had to shovel a couple…
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Hunkering down in the hurricane
Taking care of two little boys during a hurricane is an added challenge during this natural disaster. Hurricane Ian is hammering Florida right now. Yes, hurricanes are a price to pay to live here, and we (my family) are prepared for this storm since it is not our first experience. However, our sons are small,…
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Encouraging and admiring confidence
My sons, Spider-Man* and Bonecrusher*, are still very young and still have that self-confidence young children often have. You know the type of confidence that gives one the chutzpah, during a pre-school holiday concert, to break out into dance moves that would make Michael Jackson envious. I admire their self-confidence. I want to encourage them…
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Why Now?
Why would an ol’ geezer like me become a Dad now? What was I thinking?!?!? Becoming a first-time Dad in my 40s… I had a work colleague who became a “primetime” parent in their 40s, and they told me it made them feel young. They were lying, or delusional, or maybe on some form of…