As a father of 3, I have some experience with being a dad. I remember the first day of entering fatherhood when I brought Aaliyah home. Seeing how small she was in her already small car seat. I remember how fragile she felt in my inexperinced arms. Being so scared doing anything with her. With …
Like night and day they say. More like heaven and hell. That’s what the differences between pregnancies can be. One thing that sets pregnancies apart is morning sickness. Some women have the worst case you could imagine. Others don’t have it at all. While other women are fine the first pregnancy and feel like dying …
I’m laying here waiting for my little girl to drift away to dreamland. One of us, my wife or I, always has to stay in the bedroom to keep our daughter company till she falls asleep. Even now at 5 years old we still do it, especially when she had a particularly bad day. I …
“Stop chasing me with your stinky naked butt!” That’s the phrase the CEO and a few of my co-workers heard while we were on a phone call. That would be the lovely quote that my daughter yelled, as she busted into the room I was hiding in trying to avoid interruptions such as that. Lucky …
I wrote this last night. The night of the helicopter crash that took 9 lives to include the OCC’s Baseball coach, his wife and daughter. Kobe Bryant and his daughter, another mother and daughter, the girls basketball coach and the pilot. As I sit here putting my own children to sleep I can’t help but …
I read a disturbing story recently about how another young teen had committed suicide. All because of bullying. They picked on for her foreign accent, how she dressed, they pushed her, and they teased her daily. Even at her funeral the bully’s made fun of her outfit. The outfit was chosen by her parents which …
I’m not the most health-conscious person nor am I a germaphobe. You can’t really be like that when you have lived in Maine running through the woods. I’ve lived in barracks with 50 other dudes. I’ve lived in a foreign country with people burning trash and human waste all day, every day. All that I …
We are having a girl and even though we have chosen a name it was hard. I didn’t want my kids’ name to be common, but how unique is too unique? When do you decide on a name like “For sure regardless this is the name”? Before or after they are born? Before being born …
When we were expecting our first we knew the money would be tight. We both worked at a low paying company considering our experience & title. Adding to that the price of living in southern California is high. We could have moved to an area that cost less but it would have cost too much …
When you are expecting baby number two or even number three you might worry about “How can I love someone as I love my first born”. You’ll feel like, “How can I love another child when I feel like I gave all my love to this child.” I remember having that feeling. I was afraid …
