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Adding Sasquatch
ByChrisA year ago when Jakey began a new daycare, they gave us what felt like reams of paperwork to complete. One of the questions was Things your baby is afraid of: We laughed at this question. When Jakey was seven months old, all we could come up with was unexpected loud noises. Almost everyone jumps…
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525,600 Minutes… x2
ByChrisBy the time most people read this, my son will be two. I wrote this next part a year ago with the approach of Jakey’s 1st birthday. I never finished it. I felt like it was about time. Rewind your mind one year. Join me… in Spring 2014. _________________________________________ Birthdays. I have never anticipated any…
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Similar ETA
ByChrisI breathe easy as brake lights sizzle to life in the lane next to me and I cruise on past to merge onto a different freeway, leaving people idling on the interstate. Dodged a bullet once again. My traffic app is like the concierge for my mental health. I tap open the map and local…
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Career Aspirations
ByChrisJakey notices everything that happens in our neighborhood. He’s like that creepy old lady who peeks out from behind the curtain and observes everyone else’s life, cataloguing it, just waiting. Except he’s two and a half, so it’s not creepy yet. Give him time, though. This morning, he asked where our neighbor was when we…
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Digest 1—Sharing Conversation
ByChrisI often have conversations with friends that begin, “I just read this interesting article” or “In this podcast I was listening to…” The world is big and interesting. Consider this digest and those to follow as my online repository for those conversations. Now those chance conversation topics live on. Here is what I’ve been reading,…
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Zimbabwe
ByChrisWhat you’ll hear first is Jakey. Followed by his mom. Then the little man again. Hands down—no question—one of my Top-5 favorite things Jakey says. It’s up there with “weed whacker,” “leaf blower,” and “Daddy!” Zimbabwe stands for the last letter in the “Alphabet of Nations” song by They Might Be Giants. It’s one of…
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