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I love Just Daddy Time

I had just sat down to put my lenses in this morning when I heard the opening of a door. There are only three closed doors inside our house and one of them is in the Okapis’ room. I turned to see who was coming. It was my little girl.
“You okay?
“Yeah,” she said, but she […]

A little Tuesday morning heartache

Oh right. I remember this feeling, this sadness, this aching feeling in my heart at leaving my family after a three-day weekend. I woke up this morning completely unsettled and I couldn’t quite figure out what was going on. Of course I don’t want to go to work, but honestly I have made great strides […]

Stay-at-home Dad for the day

Yesterday I took the day off (thus no train ride and no post) to spend some extra time with my sister. Yesterday was also Gem’s first day of going back to work. We made her breakfast, wished her luck and off she went.
I was stunned by the aching sadness I felt at her departure.
This is […]

Miracle of deer in my life

While Gem was out shopping for some groceries because we hadn’t had a chance to pick up food along the way to the camp site, I took my little Okapis for a walk, a little hike in the woods and we came face-to-face with a deer. It was standing along the side of the path […]

So yes, we went camping over the weekend

We talked about going camping last year, but it never happened. I am terrible at stuff like this, doing something we’ve never done before – especially if it means making phone calls to make reservations or something. I get very anxious about trying new things and it frustrates me greatly. We rarely did new stuff […]

A perfect Father’s Day moment

It’s a moment most of us never think about, I think. A moment that was so wonderful, so glorious, so…dare I say, perfect. Yes, it was a perfect moment and epitomized the entire weekend.
We were sitting at the picnic table, just the four of us, eating grilled hot dogs with honey BBQ potato chips (which […]