Tag: friendship
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Dinner, Friends, Stories we Tell
Tonight, I had dinner with the band. That’d be Griffin, Paul, Doug, and Taylor. All my “mates” as the kids would call them, but way of Bluey. It was very real conversation. The kind that is about something. The kind that tries, with some kind of strain, to say something about the way things are…
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Camping as a useful measuring stick of parenting
For the past two years, we’ve gone camping about five times. Five isn’t a big number but it’s certainly relative. Packing for five (there’s that number) people in the family, kids 5 to .83 years old, is a lot. Getting there and unpacking once we’re home are hard, but it’s incredibly worth it for core-memory…
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To Paul: On having a second kid
You called me yesterday and asked: What would you say to me that would help me prepare for kid #2? I think you used the word wisdom: What wisdom do you have to share with me? Bonus question was: What did you do to help Sadie in preparation for kid #2 Here are my thoughts…