Today was one of those hard days you don’t realize was hard, until you find a moment of quiet, and all of a sudden that pile of insignificant little troubles tips over and nearly buries you. Maybe it’s the sweat still crawling on your skin, because you haven’t had the chance to shower after exercise.… Read More Hard Days

Katie and I had just started with our practical preparation for the arrival of our first child. We were less than 3 weeks away from our due-date. Katie cleaned and organized our spare bedroom on Monday, cleaned the bathrooms on Tuesday, and organized the kitchen on Wednesday. We had plans to shop for supplies on… Read More The Birth Story: From the Father’s Perspective

It seems like just yesterday I was blinking my eyes rapidly and hyperventilating at the glowing digital “yes” staring back at me. Yet, here I am, 8 1/2 months pregnant, strangely attached to the bowling ball bump that makes it difficult to bend over without passing out. Nothing seems more natural than getting little kicks and jabs… Read More 5 Things I Learned Being Pregnant

I wasn’t a particularly bad kid. I mean, I snuck under the bed and opened all my birthday presents before the party, I convinced my sisters they were adopted, and I got punished ten times one night for doing the same thing, but that was no reason for my own body to turn against me. At… Read More What a Perfectionist Can Learn From a Bald 4-Year-Old Girl