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I have something to tell you, Daddy

“Daddy, I have something to tell you,” my little girl said to me last night as she stood up from cuddling next to me while we had read Curious George and the Firefighters.
“What do you have to tell me?”
“I am very, very, very sorry for behaving so badly, Daddy.”
“Well, thank you, Sweetie Girl, but why […]

They may have my genes, but…

It has been a bit of an adjustment, getting back to our regular reality, after being so overwhelmingly immersed in Ecuador for two weeks, but the week is ending pretty well.
The hardest part, I think, after any vacation is how much me and my Okapis miss each other – especially those first few days. After […]

The wonder of sleeping Okapis

When my Okapis were babies, I never really got to see them sleeping. So many parents talk about the beauty, the awe of seeing their children sleep, but I was pretty unfamiliar with that sensation. Our Okapis always seemed like such light sleepers that we were always afraid of waking them up. Before we went […]

I am so tired

I am so tired.
I am so tired that I wonder how I am going to get through my day. I am so tired I can’t see an end to being tired, I can’t see a day when I will be able to get enough sleep. I am so tired I really don’t know what to […]

Now THAT was a strike!

The Okapis were ready for bed when the storm started. Not the actual rain, but the thunder and lightning. Somehow in the four-and-a-half years of their being on this planet I don’t really remember them being awake during a real summer thunder and lightning storm. I didn’t like the idea of them trying to go […]

Off to a rough start

This has been an ugly day so far and it is not even 8:00am. I am hoping the rest of the day does not go like it has so far.
It started at 12:25am and the sound of my little boy’s voice screaming through the monitor.
“Daddy!! Blood!!!”
I raced out of bed, grabbed my glasses and ran […]