Somewhere between unsure and a hundred

I have reached my 100th post. So we’re throwing a party over at Raging Dad. Come on over! Bring your own bourbon and antidepressants! Seriously, though, January marked a number of milestones for me at RagingDad: I completed my first six months of blogging; I surpassed 10,000 hits; and I somehow convinced some of you [...]

Another birthday; observations

On Thursday Connie turned six years old. Six years ago, Raging Mom soaked in a bathtub, intending to go in to the hospital in the morning to have labor induced for our first child. Amazingly, she went into labor that night and we made the long drive from northeast Minneapolis to downtown St. Paul. I [...]

You say it’s your birthday (nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuuuh nuh nuh)

On Saturday the boys turned four years old. Four. Years. Old. Unbelievable. All at once, it feels like it has passed in the blink of an eye, and that it has lasted an eternity. Life is a complex, tortuous path, one that winds around itself and challenges as it rewards. The fellas wanted to have [...]

Blaspheming, booted, blue-jeaned baby boy[s]

Yesterday Sonny and Michael started preschool. How proud they were! Evidently, the pre-K sized backpacks are unacceptable at their school, because you can’t fit full pieces of paper into them without them getting scrunched. So, the boys got to pick out new backpacks over the weekend. After a noisy, excruciating exciting trip to Target, we [...]

“She’s leaving home. Bye, bye.”

Today Connie goes to kindergarten. Our raging little girl. How quickly time passes. Sometimes she will give me a look, or say something that catches my attention and I swear she is 17. It feels a bit like she is already lost to us. I mean, today it is kindergarten. What’s the next day? Soon [...]

Anniversaries and milestones

The last two weeks saw several milestones and anniversaries for my Raging Family and me. Most notably, Aug. 1 marked two years since moving from the Twin Cities to Portland. It was our second visit back to Minnesota since the big move, and it was a very important trip for our family, especially Raging Mom. [...]