June 8, 2022 Where Were We? Suffice it to say, my wife’s labor did not get off to a good start. We didn’t expect it to be pain-free, of course. We were not delusional. However, we had hoped that the pain she suffered, a whole day of it, would lead up to a baby, hence…
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Beyond Pain: Labor Day 1, Finally! …??
June 7, 2022 Fashionably Late There were pros and cons when it came to the baby arriving later than the due date. On one hand, I had incrementally more time to get our place ready and familiarize myself with all the new baby gears. On the other, I had to watch my wife continuing to…
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By the time my daughter was born, both she and my wife had been through the ordeal of 3-day-long labor. Now, anything that takes 3 days pretty much has “exhaustion” written all over it, let alone labor. While it broke my heart to see my wife endure the agony, tedium, and frustration, I forgot to…
Read moreA Father-Daughter Dance: Dissection of Affection
It was a typical early morning of a mid-summer day. The coolness of the night was just giving way to the eager sun that would soon blanket the city with its scorching heat. That was when I caught myself in a delicate moment as the world outside hung in the balance between darkness and light,…
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