It’s better when I talk back to the voices

09Aug08

I am currently teetering on the edge of consciousness. I am still processing the four days that have passed in the last 25 seconds. Or vice versa. I am not returning people’s congratulatory phone calls and emails for fear they will think I am wasted. Don’t get me wrong – I am having a great […]

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Tags: epiphanies, fatherhood, first week of parenthood, infant care, new baby, newborns

Standing in line at the high dive

31Jul08

Remember when you were like eight? And your friends convinced you to join the big boys and jump off the high dive at the public pool? Yeah, this is just like that. Right now I’m standing in that line at the high dive. Some of the people in line at the high dive have dry […]

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Tags: epiphanies, fatherhood

At 1PM on a Wednesday

29Jul08

At around 1PM next Wednesday, I will become a father. . I’m just going to let that sentence sit out there on its own like that for awhile and just look at it. Feel free to join me. It’s pretty… breathtaking.

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Tags: epiphanies, fatherhood