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Everything changes…will I keep up?

One of the things I have tried to do, but feel is essentially impossible to actually get across is to explain to expecting parents that once your child is born EVERYTHING CHANGES. I don’t just mean the way we live our lives, the lack of time, the sense of chaos, the exhaustion. I’m talking about […]

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 […]

Ahhh, if it’s not one thing it’s another

First, a quick update. I spoke with Nana and my dad last night and my father is having surgery today to repair his broken elbow. They’re going to have put a titanium piece inside and connect it to the rest of his bone because the round part of his bone shattered in the fall.
They also […]

Can you drink too much Gatorade?

It was 1:30pm in the afternoon when I first began to realize we were in trouble. We most likely wouldn’t be able to make the first drop-off at our new house (yes, it had been clear for hours already we were going to have to make two trips with our truck) until about 4pm. Then […]

A matter of respect

“Jordyn, put your shoes on,” Gem told our wonderful little girl as we were getting ready to leave Abuelita’s and Grandpa’s house.
“NO!”
“Jordyn! Go put your shoes on. It is time to go.”
“NO!”
And I picked her up and took her to the stairs for her time out. She screamed and cried and tried to get out […]

We partied like it was 1999

Literally. Back in 1999, Gem and I were not even married (though, in a few months we would be) and living in what she calls “The Greatest City in the World” (or GCW for short) in a one-bedroom apartment. We both had jobs, no Okapis, and thus had disposable income. Sure it was exciting that […]