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Ornaments

26 Dec

Ornaments

Late in 2007, around our first wedding anniversary, Mrs. G and I found out that Tiny was on his way. That Christmas I commemorated his anticipated arrival with an ornament; it was a bun in an oven. Each Christmas since then, I’ve made a new one. On Tiny’s first Christmas I made a cast of [...]

I Knew This Day Would Come Again

7 Dec

I Knew This Day Would Come Again

But it came way too soon. Tiny’s previous wound wasn’t cool enough for him, so he busted it open a little more (thanks, doorjamb!).  This time it took three stitches.  He was unsurprisingly displeased. I’m currently constructing an itsy-bitsy suit of armor to prevent further incidences.

I Knew this Day Would Come

23 Nov

I Knew this Day Would Come

Tiny has been trying to seriously injure himself for the last two and a half years. He has employed various means including, but not limited to: doors, floors, walls, bats, cats, slides, shoes and concrete. This time it was a rock lodged in his head that prompted a worried call and an MMS from his [...]

Taking His Lumps

30 Jun

Taking His Lumps

Children, especially toddlers, have tiny bodies with great, huge, heavy heads, and very little good sense. So any time they move (which in Tiny’s case is all the time) it’s like they’re challenging the world to a head-butting contest that they are destined to lose. Today, though, it was another kid who stepped in front [...]