Tag: life lessons
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On Why I Love the Lions
Boys, This is kind of a stand alone post, but also part of an emergency bang-bang post. What’s a bang-bang post? Well.. Hence, if a bang-bang is when you eat a full meal, then go somewhere else and eat another full meal, a bang-bang post is when I write one post, then have to write…
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On The #RauchdyMatch 2.0 – Part 1
Boys, Sometimes I write to you guys, and sometimes I use this to post about the happenings of what is going on in my life because, well, I figure it would be interesting to get a snippet of who I am or who your mom is at this point in our lives, too. Last year,…
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On Sanity
Boys, Websters defines the word “insanity” as “your two year old constantly screams at you the phrase ‘Koen (or “I”) do it’ while your oldest son constantly screams that he ‘can’t do it,” often times when referencing putting on clothes, riding a bike, or staying in his room for more than six second once he’s…
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On Reagan’s Only Child Trip
Boys, This one will be mostly about Reagan because this past week, we dressed you up like an only child and took you to FLA to see your grandparents. Koen, we had every intention of bringing you too, but you caught a little bug a few days before we left, and we decided to leave…
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On Golf Is
Boys, Golf is a lot of things to our family. Golf is the first thing I heard about your mom when someone who was setting us up told me her family had a golf course they played league night at once a week. Golf is the thing that bonded us, since the test to her…
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On The #RauchdyRecap
Boys, Yesterday, your mom and I finished The Match. I’d like to think you’ll read these as I’ve written them, just one per day, so you can follow along at the same pace things came together for this. It started as just a conversation, turned into an argument (albeit, a playful one), and led to…
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On Golf, Marriage, and the Biggest Game of All Time
Boys, As you probably know by now, your mom and I both love golf. We love to compete. We love to play together and to compete against each other, too. And, we usually do so with love, respect, and mostly positive banter during a round. In fact, we even played yesterday, both played well, and…
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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 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 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.