The Daddy Diary
Musings on Babies, Bulldogs, and Beer
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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”
Five-Year Plan
August 29, 2019 “Now that Audrey is out of the womb, we got a better look at her heart. Her condition is much worse than we thought. She doesn’t have a heart defect. She has four heart defects.” the surgeon said. He continued, “We… Continue Reading “Five-Year Plan”
Happy Birthday, Audrey!
Five years ago today: I only had one job – do not lose the baby. In the childbirth story, it turns out the father has an insignificant role even though they let me wear scrubs. The bulk of my responsibility was completed about 40… Continue Reading “Happy Birthday, Audrey!”
The Ecstasy of Defeat
My Dad hated to lose. He was a gifted athlete and a fierce competitor. It wasn’t until I was 15 years old that I beat him in an athletic competition. Maybe I chose to play tennis because I thought that would be the only… Continue Reading “The Ecstasy of Defeat”
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