Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
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August 20, 2007
This is not your father's world *
* or the one I grew up in.
During the summer as a kid, I remember getting up, leaving the house and running around the neighborhood for the rest of the day. Only returning home when hearing your name being called because it was time to eat. Now as a parent, if I haven't seen my kids in the last 10 minutes while they are outside, I start to get nervous.
Of all of the things that run through your mind as a parent I still wasn't expecting this call: "I'm leaving to get the kids because there has been a bomb threat at daycare." I was so shocked I didn't even know how to react. All I knew is that I no longer wanted to be at work and I just wanted to be with the girls.
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During the summer as a kid, I remember getting up, leaving the house and running around the neighborhood for the rest of the day. Only returning home when hearing your name being called because it was time to eat. Now as a parent, if I haven't seen my kids in the last 10 minutes while they are outside, I start to get nervous.
Of all of the things that run through your mind as a parent I still wasn't expecting this call: "I'm leaving to get the kids because there has been a bomb threat at daycare." I was so shocked I didn't even know how to react. All I knew is that I no longer wanted to be at work and I just wanted to be with the girls.
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August 19, 2007
Childhood is the most beautiful of all life's seasons. ~Author Unknown
Yesterday we took our daughters to see fairies. To say that they were excited would be an understatement. The greatest joys of being a parent is being able to create memories for your children.
When they get older, I hope they will remember the day that we saw fairies and the magic and wonder that they felt will return and bring a smile to their faces.
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January 16, 2006
Viral Gastroenteritis
The stomach flu has made it's annual (semi-annual?) appearance at out house. For anyone with young kids, you know the annual ritual: everything is fine, then the puking starts and lasts for about a day, disappears for 1 to 2 days and then starts with the next victim. It appears that the sole purpose of this virus is to make some kind of annual migration. It's apparent that we are just a mode of transport for the virus , because whatever is ingested comes back out faster than it went in. There is no way that the virus is just hanging out poolside and drinking acidtini's. I just wish that Viral Gastroenteritis would find a nice suitable habitat and decide to stay (preferably not at our house).
PS To top it off, the dog tore into the garbage and now she is also throwing up.
PS To top it off, the dog tore into the garbage and now she is also throwing up.
November 18, 2005
"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." - Albert Pike
Raymond P. Waananen 1949-2005
My father-in-law passed away over Labor Day weekend from cancer after battling it for almost a year. I've been afraid to post since then because I Ray had a very gruff demeanor, which was always intimidating. But once you got past that, you realized that there wasn't anything that he wouldn't do for you. If there was anything around the house that I needed help with or advice on, I knew Ray would be there.
My mother-in-law used to watch the girls for us while we were
working and when she first started watching Ryan, I was worried about how Ray would feel with her in the house for most of the day. He worked nights so he slept during the days and babies have a tendency to be loud at the worst times. But early on it was obvious that Ryan, and then Jillian after she was born, had him wrapped around their fingers (as am I) and that he loved them. And that they loved him very much also.
If I ever have to go through what Ray had to go through, I hope that I can be as strong willed as he was. There were times in the last year that he would be in the hospital one day and out camping the next (though that sometimes wasn't the brightest thing to do). He continued to live his life on his terms. We
August 28, 2005
The Tao of Uno
It has been a shitty 2 weeks in the Stieb household (hospitals, doctor's office, vet's and unexpected days off of work because of all of the above) and unfortunately it is going to get worse.
But for a couple of moments, while everybody was getting ready for bed, there was a moment of calm as a game of Angelina Ballerina Uno broke out. And for a few precious moments, the kids weren't fighting, the phone wasn't ringing and the only stress was trying to remember to say uno when I was down to one card.
But for a couple of moments, while everybody was getting ready for bed, there was a moment of calm as a game of Angelina Ballerina Uno broke out. And for a few precious moments, the kids weren't fighting, the phone wasn't ringing and the only stress was trying to remember to say uno when I was down to one card.
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