Category: 2021
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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 “Leaving in 30”
Boys, Your mom and I keep in pretty good communication – we more or less know where each other is at all times. Not only do we know each other’s schedule (so long as it’s on the CALENDAR!!), but we talk throughout the workday and keep each other posted on when we get places and…
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On The VIP Project and This Blog 2.0
Boys, So this will be a post less about what I want to talk to you about, and more to do with two very big things that I hope take this blog — this idea of me talking to you throughout your lives — to the next level. The first is what I’m calling “The…
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On Koen is Almost One!
Koen, As I write this, we are about 12 days away from your first birthday. It’s crazy to think about all the stages of this past year. But just so you have something to reference, here they are: STAGE 1: ‘So this is what all those sounds I heard from in there is all about’…
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On Facial Hair
Boys, Who am I to speak to trends decades from now, when other males your age may or may not find that growing facial hair is something worthy of pursuit? What I can speak to is that in today’s world, men of just about any age can coif a scruffy moustache or tightly kempt beard…
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On T.B.M.o.K or (your) Mom’s Night Out(s)
Boys, Your mom is a part of a secret society and the very fact that I’ve said as much puts me in danger. As I write these words — July 2, 2021 — your mom and four or five other moms are standing on the driveway, wine in hands. Since we moved to our house…
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To My Son, Koen
Koen, I think I’ve said it before, but it’s worth saying again — sometimes I want to write to just one child. Part of me feels like I’ve written to Reagan for two years before having a chance to write to you, so there is some making up I need to do. In either case,…
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On Confidence
My idea of confidence is constantly evolving. The more you’re willing to fall, and the more you’re willing to learn, the more confident you’ll be.
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On Sleep
Boys, Now the thing about being a parent is that you’re unable to choose which child is your favorite. With that being said, if favorite child status were based on sleep — which it isn’t — then Reagan would be far and away the favorite. Now I’ll say this: Reagan, you weren’t the poster boy…
From Ryan to Reagan and Koen 