Tag: parenthood
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On My Moment with Grandma ‘Nisa
I had my moment This’ll be a short post; I originally was going to add it to the end of my last post, but I figured I’d put it here instead. On Tuesday, we had Grandma ‘Nisa’s funeral. It was really sad but also really nice to see all the Rauch family come together—your Uncle…
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On Grandma ‘Nisa
Boys, Yesterday, I got a phone call from Papa Rauch. He said that your Grandma ‘Nisa was very sick and that the doctors didn’t think she was going to live for much longer. You boys were at school and I went up to see her in the hospital. Right after I got there, the doctors…
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On you two, too
Boys, It’s been a few since I’ve just riffed on you two. Koen, it’s your birthday week and your mom and I have a few things planned — more accurately, your mom has a few things planned — but one of the things is that we’re going to do a “yes day.” I would have…
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On #RauchdyMatch 4.0 Forecast
Boys, I mentioned in the Adam Sandler post that we’ve been watching a lot of his movies recently — especially after Happy Gilmore 2 came out. But as I think about how to write about this year’s match, I think of a scene toward the end of Billy Madison where Billy and Eric are competing…
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On Deb
Boys, I’ve written and rewritten this post a dozen or so times because I know that when I send it out, I want the person that this post is about to understand exactly how we feel about her and what she has done with our family. I want her to know that she has been…
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On Summer 2025 Mixtape Draft
Boys, In my drafts folder, I have started a handful of posts about a handful of things. So, instead of fighting through writer’s block and seeing things through, I am going to just hit you with a Summer 2025 Mixtape of things you both have been up to this year. Since this is a four-person…
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On Club Championships and The Rauchdy Match 4.0
One hourse. Two club championships. One weekend. See who came out on top and who doesn’t want to talk about it again, OK?!?
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On Reagan’s Golfing Debut
Someone once said that if you make golf as much of an experience as you do a sport, kids will want to keep playing. Feel like we’re on our way!
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On Bad Mom’s Detective Club
Boys, There is this old Saturday Night Live sketch with Steve Martin sitting in front of a Christmas tree, drink in hand, and he talks about what he would wish for if he had “one wish this Christmas.” It starts innocently enough with him wishing for all the children of the world to join hands…
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On The Rauchdy Match – Midseason Report
Boys, I write this blog for you two and as I’ve stated dozens of times in past posts, I hope that you read these someday and learn more about our family. With that said, I also post them on Facebook for our friends to read, and it seems like the posts I do about your…
From Ryan to Reagan and Koen 