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What Am I, Chopped Liver?
It hurts. I’ve faced many obstacles as a new dad, and I have triumphed over all of them. I have evolved from a clumsy, bumbling, cro-magnon man who flinched at the slightest baby cry, to a warm,...
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Through The Looking Glass: Part II
So I’ve stepped through the portal. I’ve been a parent now for 3 1/2 years, and I’m still alive to tell the tale. It really doesn’t seem like that long ago. But then I blinked. And now, here we are,...
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Through The Looking Glass: Part III
I would jump in front of a speeding car to save my daughter’s life. I say this with no hesitation and with a really powerful conviction which surprises, and, frankly, scares the hell out of me. Where...
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Get Your Head In The Game!
Another dad shouted these words out at Maddie’s soccer class last weekend. “Come on, you need to get your head in the game!” I looked over at who he was yelling at, his daughter, who was coming off the...
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Irony
Maddie: Come on, dad, let’s play! Me: Not now, Maddie, I’m working on my blog. [rim shot] Normally I’m a huge fan of irony*. But not in this case. I pride myself on being an engaged parent. But, to be...
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The Spelling Bee
I usually tell Maddie a story at bath time. I ask her who she wants the main character to be and she picks out one of her bath toys. For a while we were re-enacting Dora the Explorer episodes. Tonight...
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Happy Father’s Day
To all the father’s of the world, past, present, and future: HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!! And to my very own dad: Thank you for being such a good friend and positive influence. You constantly inspire me and...
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The Fly
“I’m an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it. But now the dream is over… and the insect is awake.” I have a vague notion of what it was like before I married and had a family. But it’s blurry,...
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Baa Baa Black Sheep
Unbeknownst to her, my sister has played an ENORMOUS part in the raising of our daughters. Even though my younger sibling lives a mere two states away, she is here, every day, almost every hour, in the...
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The Incident
It’s been awhile since I posted here. More on that in another post entitled ‘Summer Happened’. It’s been a nice hiatus but now it’s good to be back writing… It happened on a Monday. During P.E. The...
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