Category: Personal
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“For the mountains are calling and [we] must go.”
When Covid-19 struck, and after we had our dear baby home and safe from the NICU, my wife and I were very disappointed we couldn’t make our usual July 4th visit to the Boulder Colorado area where I grew up. We love to show our kiddo the fun to be had in the mountains, hiking…
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To chase the light
I’m back at work now. Our family is finding ways to juggle between the responsibilities of earning money and provide childcare and educate and entertain our kiddos. I wont lie and say its picture perfect (but of course I used the perfect pictures as the photos here). Our Disney-plus subscription is getting a real workout.…
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We’re fine. We hope you are too.
We are fine. Which is kind of bizarre for everything we’ve recently come through, and the madness our nation is going through now. With the threat to Abby’s and Winter’s lives in the past, and a great deal of fortune, we are healthy and safe. We have been staying at home, keeping 6 feet from…
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7 pounds of pressure
7 pounds of pressureResting on my chest,Just what I need,Just where I need it. On the tightness in my sternumWhere I feel the pressure squeeze,Where stress manifestsEver since that 7 pounds of pressure. That fateful day in fall ten years ago,I became the warrior Iād dreamed of being.The patrol was a clusterOur errors only outweighed…
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Love in the time of COVID-19
We have lots of love in this home. We also have some fear. We have a baby in the NICU with chronic lung disease. A mommy with asthma. A daddy with allergies and a kiddo who understands as much as a just under 5 year old can understand. We’re washing hands. We’re working form home.…