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Cruise Control
The Present of Presence Those downloaded Disney soundtracks get little play now that the children have since learned to buckle their own shoes and wipe their own behinds. They don’t need you to stay in...
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Man on the Edge
Let It Be There comes the time when time is both in short and infinite supply. When days last long, though there aren’t many of them left. Why does life play us this way? With youth comes virility,...
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#DaddingAThousand — MVP
Most Valuable Papa 1. When your kid stops playing for a second and says, “I love you.” 2. When your son says you’re doing good work with your company. 3. When you use humor to get your kids to...
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#DaddingAThousand — RBI
Really Benevolent Interactions 1. When your wife sends you a text that says you’re the “Best Dad Ever.” 2. When you’re out to dinner with your kids and an older couple a table over comes over and says...
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#DaddingAThousand — Strike Out!
Back to the Dugout 1. When you squelch a teachable moment because you think they should just know better. 2. When you let your frustration bubble into real anger. 3. When your kid picks up on your...
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#DaddingAThousand — Bases Loaded
Bottom of the Ninth 1. When you eat while you clean. 2. When you stand when you eat. 3. When you attempt to work with the kids nearby. 4. When you think you can squeeze in a workout before picking them...
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#DaddingAThousand — Sweet Spot
On The Verge of Glory 1. When your eldest takes your youngest’s hand when on a walk. 2. When the kids tend to their kid cousin like he’s their own. 3. When your youngest starts skipping like he’s known...
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#DaddingAThousand — The Boys of Summer
Back in Town 1. Forgetting your phone charger on your camping trip. 2. Letting them stay up a little bit later each night. 3. Mixing all the flavors to make Tiger’s Blood. 4. Saying yes to ice cream....
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Advance
Occupation or Obsession? A world-renowned and well-paid guru once said men are often like trains on tracks when it comes to goals. This can be especially true with things like projects or work. We...
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Retreat
Get Away It was a Friday morning and it started like this: everyone woke up about 10:00, we had coffee, ate some pistachios and soft boiled eggs, watched an episode of Black Mirror, then later went to...
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Savor
Silent and Still Think of a time when you were truly, 100%, all-the-way there. For me, this was a distinct moment on our recent family vacation. We were seated in the amphitheater at the Carlsbad...
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Sabotage
Get Out of the Sandbox It was right about the time he wanted to buy Greenland. This must be a joke, I thought. It wasn’t. None of this is. We’re all being had at the expense of one person. That...
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Save
Mommy goes East, Daddy West So, here’s the thing: if it weren’t for our darling dearests, we guys would set off into the wild with just the clothes on ours and our kids’ backs. I’m sure you’ve heard...
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Reminisce
Glory Days Last week a man walked by me in the park both arms full, one with his baby, the other with his diaper bag. The glimpse I caught of his profile and posture—that addled yet jolly strut of new...
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Agonize
Sleep on It My first grader recently learned about tiny Guatemalan Worry Dolls via his new teacher who gave each of her students one. I remember having these as a child, too, how I would whisper my...
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Dream
Fantasy in Real Time Leaving the mall the other evening, my sons fluttered like moths to the beacon of the Tesla store. A Tesla store is, for all intents and purposes, a Tesla car and solar energy...
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Strive
An Early Passion My youngest came home from Pre-K the other day with a packet of papers. “Look, Dad!” he said. “My work!” With a flourish he showed several sheets with brightly colored cars he had...
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Clean
Some Level of Sanity If your home, like mine, transformed with the arrival of October, bats, spiders, skeletons, and other spooky décor took their places on your walls, shelves and doorways. And, if...
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Scary Daddies Part 1: Jack Torrance
All Work, No Play When Jack Torrance comes to consciousness in the freezer at the haunted Overlook Hotel, he is pissed. I mean like crazed, I’m-about-to-go-murder-my-family crazy. He escapes the...
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Scary Daddies Part 2: Don Draper
The Bad Man Within At face value, Don Draper was the perfect man: a strong, silent, high-powered Madison Avenue ad agency executive with a beautiful wife and two doting children. How could there be...
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