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Fear

Fears need validation before reassurance.

A child can be afraid of many things for many reasons. If your ‘dad card’ is in your wallet you will know that fear needs to be validated. Even if it is a fear of the package of toilet paper you just got out of the hall closet. The common refrain is “there is nothing to be scared of.” From the child’s perspective that isn’t very helpful, especially when it is reassurance and validation they are searching for.

Snuggle Break

Snuggle like your life depends upon it. Because it does.

So your sitting in your chair minding your own business occupied paying bills and balancing the family budget, and your littlest bundle comes and starts to squeeze through that gap between your arm, leg, and table. You, of course, ask them what they are doing and they say “Climbing up here, will you snuggle me?” they ask as they arrive in your lap and push their little body in between you and the important task in front of you. Here is the moment of truth, your dadhood is on the line. What do you do?

The New Normal?

If this is the new normal can I send it back? I think it’s defective.

I’ve been a full-time remote employee for my day job for the past 3 years so. My career job before that was 20% work from home. I was there for about 5 years before getting downsized. So I consider myself an experienced consultant in matters of remote working. However, this isn’t just switching everyone at an office desk to a desk in their house.

I Have So Many Questions

So we’re looting alligators now? How did we get here?

Manhattan Kansas is known for being the home of K-State but was full of mystery and intrigue this month. According to the Manhattan Mercury, this is the rough timeline of events including theft, 911 calls, government intervention, a hunt, and a disastrous end fitting for a man from down under.

Apples and Trees

You can’t fix your own mistakes by correcting your child.

“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” is what they say. Sometimes it is true. You look down at those big eyes and see yourself. You see all those little things you did as a child, all the little things you still do today as an adult, all the same attitudes, all the same quirks, all the same flaws. It’s like looking into a mirror.