A whole 13.5 months later

and the notion that we are parents to this sweet, remarkable little girl still takes our breath away. Just this afternoon, as our little girl stood up and grabbed her daddy's leg in a squishy-baby-skinned-embrace, he looked at me, his eyes round and wet, and asked me, awestricken,"Am I really her daddy? When did I become her daddy?" And ...

nobody puts daddy in the corner

What does it mean to be the daddy of a little girl? I know that in my house growing up, it meant many things. My dad grew up with 3 sisters. He then had 2 daughters and a female dog. He was a life-long swimmer in the estrogen pond, so to speak. In some ways, my dad is ...