HeyJaredSo This is Fatherhood
So This is Fatherhood is written by Matt Hurst. It was meant to be about moments of awe, and moments of "oh st!"... basically "So... this is fatherhood." It's turned out to be much more than that, but the name still holds true.
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What Have I Done? (opens the original)
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At the time, all of these decisions seemed like the right ones. In hindsight, they probably still are at their core, but man did I eff something up.In an effort to have my girls get the most out of their life experiences, we signed them up to each play two sports this fall. Neither one of them have ever played two sports at the same time — the older one has latched on to swimming and the younger one is exploring soccer and flag football, but during different parts of the calendar.We convinced th
What to Do? What to Do? (opens the original)
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My wife and oldest daughter are heading out of town together for a girls’ weekend to meet up with some friends. Which leaves me, for the long weekend - including Friday - as a solo parent to my 7-year-old.There is a huge part of me that is feeling grateful for this, and I am really looking forward to spending some 1-on-1 time with her because we don’t get that very often.However, there is a part of me that is a bit worried on how we’ll fill our days.Seems weird, right, to have a father semi-conc
Reeling In The Years (opens the original)
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I had written something here about having a 13-year-old and how I am beginning to recognize the need to open my grasp on her, figuratively speaking, as she begins to spread her own wings.It was a big build-up to where I was going with the story, and I full-on, Mark Sanchez, butt-fumbled it away somewhere into the ethers of the Internet.So, dear reader, let’s just cut to the chase. We’re not wining and dining here anymore. This is a mid-week quickie intro, but with similar payoff (hopefully for a
Sharing The Sayings (opens the original)
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I have worked in some form of communications since high school. I guess having the Journalism class in high school and writing for the monthly paper we produced counted. I mean, I did uncover and report about how my high school unceremoniously ousted a legendary head coach, who only one year prior was inducted into the Fresno Hall of Fame. When writing then — and it was true throughout my journalism career — you sought out the facts and the truth. When the story you were being told changed, or d
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