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There's Nothing To Do In This Town

I don't know where you live, but chances are there have been more than a few occasions where you or someone you knew complained about not having anything to do.  Sometimes it's hyperbole that leads to such...

16 comments    life advice family
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First Time Father: First Ultrasound

Ok, so we made it to weeks 12/13.  Or more apropos, my wife made it.  And during this week we went to the doctor for her first ultrasound.  You should know that I was very excited going in since I have...

16 comments    family kids pregnancy
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First Time Father: Minus Mom-To-Be

Well, here's a new chapter in my life as a soon to be dad.  For the next few months I will be without my expecting wife.  Now before you all criticize me/us for the decisions we made to get to this point...

15 comments    family pregnancy fatherhood
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The First Time Father: Week 10

Holy crap! So my wife is pregnant and one of us couldn't be more thrilled.  I realize I am still my parents' middle child, and I am 31, but it is strange and wonderful to think that in September I am going...

23 comments    advice family children
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First Time Father-To-Be: The Home Stretch

For nine months I have been dreaming of the day I would be a father.  In the interest of full disclosure it has been much longer than that, but when we found out we would become parents in September my head...

17 comments    family children baby
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9 Great Mate Dates

I used to wonder what my married friends did for fun now that they were, well, married. I couldn't imagine how these once ferocious animals of the dating jungle could become domesticated in such short order...

9 comments    love family relationships
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Remembering SSG Eugene Alex this 9/11

I just want to let you all know that I originally wrote the following story about Eugene Alex three years ago when I was serving in Iraq.  For me, I do not like to turn the television on and see all the 9/11...

7 comments    life family relationships
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A Century Minus 1

At 4:30 this morning I was informed that my grandmother had left us.  She would not be in pain any longer.  She would not be alone any longer.  And she wouldn't live long enough to have Willard Scott...

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First Time Father: It's Daddy Time!

They are small, like tiny earthworms, with delicate doll-like finger and toe nails, and they are more than I expected.  For nine months we have waited, guessed, conferred, and dreamed of the day we would...

10 comments    love family children
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9 Ways to Say “NO” to Your Unborn Child; Or, How a First-Time Dad Prepares for the Wonders of His Child’s Future.

A lot of great things can happen when you are soaring high above this great country.  There is always the awe of seeing a landmark from high up, like when you are heading over the Grand Canyon for the very...

7 comments    love life advice
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