The Daddy Diary
Musings on Babies, Bulldogs, and Beer
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Normalcy
Audrey’s 17th surgery is today. If Michelle hadn’t been writing them down, we wouldn’t have come up with the correct number. We had sixteen in our heads. I guess we forgot one. In our world, this almost doesn’t count as surgery. Audrey is having… Continue Reading “Normalcy”
My Christmas Wish
Dear Santa, I do not want any material items for Christmas this year, but I have a few requests. The list is fairly long, but you don’t get anything unless you ask, right? I realize that you are not a genie and many of… Continue Reading “My Christmas Wish”
Dress Rehearsal
In our house, Saturday mornings in the fall consist of pancakes and College Gameday on ESPN. Last Saturday morning, instead of watching College Gameday on the day that SMU was playing for a conference championship, I fulfilled my fatherly duty and took Ella to… Continue Reading “Dress Rehearsal”
24 Observations in 2024
The great 20th-century philosopher Ferris Bueller once said, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” Well, I stopped and looked around this year. I noticed a few things:
Thank You, Dad
Thanksgiving Day, 2016 I had just finished eating Thanksgiving Dinner with my in-laws when Amy called me. “Hey, you need to come to the hospital. We have a meeting with hospice.” Hospice. Everyone knows what that word means. It was only seven days prior… Continue Reading “Thank You, Dad”
Happily Bored
Michelle and I lived in a high-rise in Downtown Dallas after we got married. Neither of us had done the urban living thing, and we thought we should do it before we had children. Our thinking was correct in that it was exciting and… Continue Reading “Happily Bored”
Bucky
I have a confession to make – I’m a member of the MOB. No, I don’t belong to a nefarious organized crime organization. I belong to the Men Of Barksdale, the group of men who volunteer at Ella’s school. Last week, the school asked… Continue Reading “Bucky”
Just a Little Patience
Neurologist: “The ENT team wants to talk to you about your daughter’s MRI.” Me: “Why would an ENT doctor want to talk to us about a brain MRI?” Neurologist: “They noticed something that they need to discuss with you.” Later that day, the ENT… Continue Reading “Just a Little Patience”
Sweet Dreams
“Well, that certainly wasn’t what I was expecting” isn’t the statement you want to hear from your daughter’s doctor. We were going over Audrey’s latest sleep study, and the results were the exact opposite of what we were expecting to see. Audrey is a… Continue Reading “Sweet Dreams”
A Corner Piece
Theodicy isn’t an epic poem by Homer. Theodicy is a philosophy that tries to justify the existence of an all-loving God in a world of evil and pain. It attempts to answer the question, “Why do bad things happen to good people?” It’s a… Continue Reading “A Corner Piece”
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