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When Your Child Hits You

When Your Child Hits You

**Updated 03/2024 : A virus hit the site, this post was a victim. As I re-reading before re-posting, it felt incomplete. The post was originally published 5/24/18, Augustine was 3…maybe this was the complete thought then, but here’s the original + some...
The Second 1st Drop-off

The Second 1st Drop-off

It’s been about 16 months, and this is day one… I never wanted to stop writing or talking or really pause/end/halt/cease/take-a-break-from anything I was doing. Sure, things were far from perfect, but I was convinced that everything I wanted was just on the other side...
Kid Who Cuss…Like Mine

Kid Who Cuss…Like Mine

Augustine cussed. Not like – ‘baby said a bad word’. No. Augustine actually fully cussed – choosing specific ‘bad words’ to express her emotions and formatting them into a coherent sentence.  Sure, it’s only happened twice, but she did it so well that...
When Breast Isn’t Best

When Breast Isn’t Best

My wife and I were new parents, but had already gotten used to starving our daughter. Comfortable with it. We had a routine…. …and we were doing a great job. Augustine was loosing weight crazy fast. Oops This started in the hospital. It must have started in...