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Living Life (2015 – A to Z Challenge)

16 Thursday Apr 2015

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Everyone needs to live life to the fullest because you will never know when it will end.  I have learned this the hard way in the past month.  As a dad of four kids it is hard to think of not seeing them grow up or get married or even have kids of their own.

But have you thought of what they remember you for?  Do you play catch with your kids or dance with them or even listen to a story they want to tell you?  You might be losing a chance to make an influence on your kids and have them remember you for being a dad or mom that lived their life to the fullest.

The more memories you have with your kids, the longer you live in their hearts.  For example, I don’t remember much of my grandpa on my dad’s side of the family.  He never played with us grandkids.  He end up getting old and had to use a wheelchair.  I know he was my grandpa by blood, but I really don’t know him.

This is what you want to avoid with your kids or even your grandkids.  Live life to the fullest and include them in every part of it.

I kind of left the idea that I learned this in the last month is because I have a “lump” in me that they don’t know what it is.  They have a guess for the best but they don’t know and it could be the big bad “C” word.  I will have it removed on Friday and see what it really is.

Even if this is the best case scenario, it is still a huge wakeup call to me.  Life is short to waste it away on stuff that doesn’t matter.  Stuff that matters is your religion and your family.

When did you have your wakeup call about living life to the fullest or was this you’re your wakeup call?  Life is too short, what are you going to do today with your kids or grandkids?  Feel free to leave your answer in the comments and I will respond to the questions you have.

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My Journey Being a Dad (2015 – A to Z Challenge)

14 Tuesday Apr 2015

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If you told me 16 years ago that I would have four kids, I would have laughed and tell you that was a funny statement.  I would have never thought of having four kids or twin girls or how they were even born.  I’m not going to lie to you and tell you that it has been a perfect journey up to this point because it hasn’t.  Not even close.  But I would not trade it for anything in the world.  It is a hard but fun journey for me and it is the most rewarding journey so far I have ever done.

It started 12 years ago when my oldest son was born.  I was wanting a boy so I could teach him sports and how to be a man.  His entry into this world was a hard one.  The day he supposed to be born turned into the most frightening day of my life up to that point.  When my wife’s water broke, his heartbeat dropped and they went into emergency mode at the hospital.

My wife end up having a C-section and found out he had his cord wrapped around his neck three times.  It was a rare sight the doctor had seen.  I thought it was a joke to lighten up the mode when they told me for the first time.  After a week in the hospital he was released to us and my journey being a dad is on its way.

We decided to have another child so my oldest one would have a sibling.  Throughout the pregnancy everything was good as we expected.  The doctor decided to do another C-section and it end up being the best decision.  After he was born his blood sugar level bottomed out like most new born babies and then they bounce back up.  But his stayed at zero and after several attempts to bring it up the hospital decided the transfer him to the children’s hospital at the University.

He had a brain bleed as well as a few other issues and he stayed in the NICU for 38 days in total.  Mostly in Bay 1 which is the critical bay.  He is still having some issues from that even today but he is a very lucky little boy.

After that we decided it might be a good idea to stop there, but we were surprised again.  Not with one but with twins.  We decided to have them at the University since what happen with my second child.  This one ended a lot better with the shortest stay at the hospital.  But my youngest daughter has a club-foot that is being fixed.

So the start of my journey as a dad was a rocky start.  So far everything has calmed down.

Do you remember when your first child was born?  What is the best or worst memory of this event?  Feel free to leave your answer in the comments and I will respond to the questions you have.

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Independence (2015 – A to Z Challenge)

13 Monday Apr 2015

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This is what I’m experiencing right now with my two daughters.  They are both very independent with everything and it has to be a five year old thing.  Both of my boys when through this around the age of five.  The girls are being very stubborn about this as well.

They are wanting to get dressed and put on their shoes by themselves even if they are having trouble doing it.  They really want to pick out their own clothes as well as help around the house.

The other day my girls were competing against each other in helping me do the dishes.  That turned into a longer and harder job then it should have been.  I like the idea of them being independent but sometimes it is easier for them not to be that way.  Sometimes they get so competitive with each other that the losing one starts crying.

They are still learning that there is a time for being independent and a time they should not be independent.

Do you remember when your kids start being independent for you?  What are your ways to handle this situation?  Feel free to leave your answer in the comments and I will respond to the questions you have.

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