Adjustment Period
I haven't posted here in awhile. Truth be told, I view this site (and accompanying Facebook page) as an uplifting support system, ripe with extremely valuable insight and optimistic outlooks…
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Tech for Tots
Allie: O;)??i?$73 Me: Hi sweetheart, how is your day? Allie: Gsksjsofjfjserr Me: Are you ready for your birthday? I can't believe you're going to be 5!!! Allie: Gwygegeyeu Bhhdydhsydhdydh Me: I love you, Princess. XOXO Allie: I. Love. You. Daddy And that…
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What She Needs
I was always taught that there are very few times when a grown man should cry – Funerals, and that sort, I suppose. My own personal list, however, of permissible…
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Christmas Countdown
This is my first holiday season as a long distance father. Last year I lived in the same town as my daughter, then age 3, and I saw her every…
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Letter to My Supportive Partner
Having recently (within the last year or so) become a long distance parent, I've done some considerable reading on how best to maintain a relationship with my daughter and cope…
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Need Christmas and Extended Family
The other day I got a very short email, simply: Any ideas for you and Allie for Christmas? What's she into? Love, Mom I closed out of the innocuous and harmless request…
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