Boys,
Did you know that your mom used to blog? She called her blog “Corks and Kale” because she wanted to celebrate the idea of living a healthy lifestyle while also being able to let loose sometimes and have some fun. We also used to make kale chips in the oven and I don’t know why we stopped because it’s the best way to eat kale…
Anyway, I still think of that blog, and the other day I was able to find a link to it. Once I did and I read a few posts, I decided that you should get to experience them too.
This first one was written (or at least posted) a few days after you were born, Reagan. I think it will give you a good sense of what her life was like and how she thought about things right before and after you were born.
Reagan, this is a short post from your mom, but it’s the story of you. I think you’d like to know how you changed your mom (and me too) when you were born.
This next one is about me — it’s not all about you two, you know! But I read it and it took me back to how fresh your mom and my love for one another was. What’s funny in a marriage is how feelings for your person can shift. I don’t think your mom would say the same things in the same way that she did, but I think she loves me in a completely new and different way now.
I love your mom’s and my story. I love how we felt about each other when we first got together and I love how she sums up how we thought about things before you two came along. The truth is, we weren’t sure if we wanted to be parents. I can speak for her when I tell you that it was the best decision we ever made when we decided that we would have kids because you two have become our world (you two and now Oakley, of course).
Now, I also wrote before you two came along. I had a few blogs, I talk about them in this first post, but this one was called “Running Without Scissors.” I can’t remember exactly why I named it that, but I think it was because a). I liked running and b). it was meant to be kind of a nod to being practical. I don’t know, but c). it sounded cool.
I’m going to share the first and last post I wrote on this blog. The first one was from 2014 and the last one was written a month or two before you, Reagan, were born. Not long after that, I started this blog and have kept up with it ever since.
Like I mentioned, this one was from January 2018. I was about to be this new dad and I was kind of laying out my vision on how I wanted my first year as a dad to go. I think I hit on a lot of what I wanted, and was maybe a tad unrealistic about some other things.
I hope this gives you another sense of who I was and how I thought about things before you two came along.
Believe it or not, your mom and I did things before you two came along. Hopefully you find something in these old posts that reflect something about how or who your mom and I are now. Either way, I enjoy going back and reading about everything we thought we knew way back when.
I’ll close with this. I asked your mom if it would be OK for me to post these (to the zillions of people who read this blog). She got a kick out of it and wondered what all she knew about the world a decade or so ago. I reminded her how in love with me she was.
I wonder if she’ll still be as in love with me in 44 years as she was then and as she obviously is now.
Guess we’ll see. Until then…
Love you boys,
Dad
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