Toronto Mike

Fatherhood

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I Am An April Fool

I rode my youngest to school and then did a little 10km ride by the lake, arriving home to a coffee. I sat down to take that glorious first sip of the day only it wasn't hot. It wasn't even coffee. It was Coke Zero! This is when I remembered
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Broken Baby

I've broken several bones in my life, the first being my leg in a grade two school playground accident. I was in a cast and on crutches for six weeks. I've been a father for almost 22 years, and have four children, but none had ever broken a bone. That
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Dirty Work

My two youngest kids have discovered The Simpsons on Disney+, and they've been watching episodes from the last decade, which means they're new to me as well. The other day, they watched an episode in which Homer sings a parody of Steely Dan's "DirtyWork". This, of course, puts me into
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Daughters

My oldest son arrived five weeks early. It was an emergency c-section, but I was grateful he stuck it out 35 weeks. There was some concern he'd arrive at 29 weeks, and the difference between 29 and 35 weeks is significant. Because he was premature, there were some minor complications,
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Another First!

I enjoy noting the first time something happened. As a father, there's some obvious firsts that will typically be accomplished by your firstborn. First child to crawl, first child to walk, first child to speak, first child to graduate high school, and so on. The firstborn doesn't get to hog
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