A large part of my (later) life is being a Dad
Reading time: 4 mins Man up, sit downChin up, pipe downSocks up, don’t cryDrink up, don’t whine“Grow some balls,” he said“Grow some balls” The maskOf masculinityIs a maskA mask that’s wearing meThe mask, the mask, the mask Samaritans by Idles We want Jack to be kind, considerate, and thoughtful. We want him to be present, to live a happy […]
Reading time: 9 mins And here we are, half past three in the morning. I’m the only one awake, in my lap my son is gently snoring, my wife is asleep in our bed, the dogs are asleep on the sofa downstairs. The dark is punctured by a night light, the stillness outside broken occasionally by a car, it […]
Reading time: 2 mins Hello Jack, my son, You arrived early, but safely, and the last few weeks we’ve been getting to know you, figuring out your needs and wants, and mostly just gazing at you in utter adoration. You seem to be settling into life well, and I think your Mum and I are doing a pretty good […]
Reading time: 3 mins At present, I really only have three topics of conversation. 1. The dogs.2. The baby.3. Cycling. And no, they aren’t in a specific order. Of course, there is more to life than those three things (apparently?) – those on my Instagram can attest that I’m still treating myself well with delicious foodstuffs if nothing else […]
Reading time: 2 mins Nope. Even writing that title seems weird. I’m not ‘Dad’. Not yet. But soon and I guess I’m already starting to feel paternal, I guess this is common for most parents to be with a baby arriving in 2 months, I guess we all go through these same thoughts. Hopes that the baby will be […]
Reading time: 4 mins We aren’t the kind of couple who do grandiose events for such things, my recent proposal would’ve been much the same as it was despite COVID restrictions (in fact it would’ve been exactly the same except we’d have been in a different place and likely had the dogs with us). And so it was when […]