Our daughter, Hayley, turned 4 months old today. Good for her. More importantly, I have now been a father for one third of a year. In these 18 weeks of experience, I feel that I thrived at my new job as “dad”, and have compiled a list of things that I have learned along the way. Due to my excellence as a father, every item on this list is unequivocally correct and should be accepted without question. After all, I…
It always starts the same way. “I saw this article you have to read.” I read it, get inspired, get a little upset that I didn’t write my article before the original one, and then write my own. Often times, it comes from direct conversations with people instead of written pieces (which is why I think I would be an awesome Dr. Phil alternative). Regardless, it always starts the same way. To be fair, much of my writing is reactionary…
As many of you know (especially if you read everyone’s favorite post about why I can’t wait to be a dad) my wife, Tina, was pregnant and due in August. We had always felt that the baby would come early, but about five weeks before the due date, Tina woke up at the 4:30am with contractions. Later that day, she was admitted to the hospital, and in a few hours, our lives would change forever. Officially, let me announce that at 8:50pm on…