Category: family
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On Our First Pinewood Derby
The Pinewood Derby race with Reagan was a challenging yet fun experience for the father-son duo. Despite challenges in car construction and performance, they enjoyed the process together. The father’s mishaps were met with the son’s understanding, highlighting the importance of bonding over outcomes rather than winning, embracing the journey instead.
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On Navigating Parenthood
A father reflects on parenting, love, and giving advice—written for his boys to read someday.
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On Leading Tiger Scouts
Reagan, I’m writing this ahead of our Tiger Scout meeting tonight where I will be leading your troop (den? pack?). Couple that with your troop/den/pack president(or leader or I’m new to this so I don’t know what anyone is called) is out sick, so not only will I be leading the class, but I’ll be…
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On Your Mom Thinks I’m Her Final Boss
Marriages can be tricky. Maybe it’s just me, but along the way, my wife decided I’m the final boss standing in the way of a stress-free life.
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On Faith, God, and Death
It’s not easy to open up about some topics, but it’s important to know where you stand on things like death, faith, and god.
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On Reagan the Reader
Dad writes and Reagan reads. I’m always proud of you, and moments like this are why I think you’re so great!
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On Where you Come From – Papa Rauch
Third installment to the Where you Come From series.
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On Dogs Are Home
Not every home has a dog, but every place a dog lives is a home. Dogs are home.
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On General Musings
Boys, I’m pretty sure I’ve started other posts like this before, but sometimes I just want to talk to you and not have it be some kind of big life lesson or story — rather, I just want to catch you up on who you are and what you’re like at this point in your…
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