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Gray's 1st Thanksgiving87

First Time Father: 3 Months In

It’s been Three Months since our son, Gray, has been here with us.  I know it’s no huge milestone in the grand scheme of things, but to us it has been an interesting up and down time in our...

14 comments    children baby father
Grayson's first poop explosion!66

First Time Father - One Month In

Grayson's first poop explosion! Our son is a month old today.  And so it is that I have also been a first time dad for that same amount of time.  I’d like to say that it has been the best month of my...

9 comments    children baby child
The 9/11 Tower Tribute Lights.  I took this picture a year ago today.62

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
gksquire9 profile image69

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
gksquire9 profile image56

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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Ballpark Review: Astros

I have been dragging my feet on this review of Minute Maid Park for the last week.  It isn’t because the stadium is terrible, on the contrary.  But I just couldn’t sit down and write up my experience...

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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
The Happy Couple68

First Time Father To Be: 3rd Trimester

Ok, admittedly I haven't written much of anything in a while and I need to make up for it here. If you have been following along you know that my wife, Sandi, and I are expecting our first child in September....

14 comments    family children parenting
Van Damme73

9 Damme Good Jean-Claude Movies

Van Damme A few weeks ago I rented JCVD from Netflix and couldn’t wait to slide open the DVD player.  Jean-Claude Van Damme was one of my favorite action movie stars growing up.  I went to all the movies,...

12 comments    entertainment movies kung fu
The Fellas, minus a much missed Brian54

Guy's Weekend

The Fellas, minus a much missed Brian I think I realized it immediately, just after I felt the initial contact, and after I re-surfaced from the pool’s cold water, that no amount of time would change who my...

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