Category: 2018
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On passive aggressiveness
Boys, Sometimes when I’m mad at you after a bath, I’ll put lotion on your butt before your face. Love, Dad
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On your first year
Son, There are just a few days before you turn one, and I want to give you an idea of what this last year has been like for your mom and I. Before you were born, I think we were both very nervous about the costs of bringing a child into this world, the lack…
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On Seven Months, Scoots, and your Favorite Things
Son, The other day, you turned seven months old. What this means is a. it’s been a few weeks since I’ve last written you (sorry) 2. you have lots of new skills that I haven’t mentioned to you yet d. Rogue hasn’t eaten you yet, so things are progressing nicely You can pretty much sit up…
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On my childhood
Son, Something that struck me the other day is that you will only know me as the person I am now, and will be in the future. You won’t know me the way your mom knew me, nor will you know me the way my mom knows me. And that’s OK, but I think it…
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On Starting With The End In Mind
On Starting With The End In Mind Son, There is a line in an Avett Brothers song that goes, “When nothing is owed or deserved or expected, and your life doesn’t change by the man that’s elected. If you’re loved by someone, you’re never rejected. Decide what to be and go be it.” Hopefully you…
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On Music, Rhythm, and your Mom’s Singing
On Music, Rhythm, and your Mom’s Singing A yin-yang is a symbol that is shaped like a circle that is split into two parts — one side black and the other white. Within each side of the circle, there is a smaller circle of the opposite color, and it’s meant to represent the idea that…
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On 3 Month Olds and Plane Travel
Grading your performance on your first trip to Orlando.
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On Your Mother and I – Pre-Reagan
On Your Mother and I – Pre-Reagan I have talked a lot about your mom on here because, well, she is kind of a big deal. There are more things to say about her than I can do in any one post, so I will probably have a lot of these posts dedicated to her.…
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On Two Months
On Two Months Reags, I promise I won’t post something about you every month. Today you are two months old, and as cliché as it is to say “how much you’ve grown” in that short amount of time, it doesn’t make it any less true. After the first month, you were still this tiny, delicate…
From Ryan to Reagan and Koen 