Tag: Time

  • Mama Speaks #22

    Mama Speaks #22

    The minute you have kids, your sense of time becomes warped. And you feel old.

  • Before & After Kids: Weekends

    Before & After Kids: Weekends

    The other night, Mrs. FWL commented, “Weekends used to be for recharging for the next week, but it’s almost the reverse now.” Bingo! I had been thinking about this recently, and couldn’t quite put my finger on it, but she summed it up in one sentence (as she frequently does).

  • Hiatus

    Hiatus

    I have always been one of those people that tried to stay busy. I added more and more onto my schedule so that down time was kept to a minimum and often piled on too much. I would volunteer to do something extra or lend a helping hand, even if I didn’t need to. And I…

  • Time Hack: Healthcare (#HealthyDad)

    Time Hack: Healthcare (#HealthyDad)

    Time. A four-letter word that has never had more meaning in my life than now. I knew that becoming a parent would significantly change the available time I had to myself in a given 24 hour period; I would have had to be an idiot to think differently. But I didn’t realize how it would change.