Realizations

There is that day when you realize that your parents aren’t perfect.  And the day you realize they did the best they could with what they had to give you everything in their power. That first day comes sooner than later – Jacques always tells me I’m wrong – and when he does something wrong - [...]

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Fatherhood

In some ways, Jacques just your average 7 year old.  He loves Lego and playing with mud.  But Jacques has also always been interested in different things than the average little boy: he likes to cook and he’s obsessed with volcanos.  We’ve never had boy/girl delinations at our house, and Jacques has had a toy kitchen [...]

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