Tag Archives: fatherhood

Taking Leave: 2015 in review

Posted on December 30, 2015 by

Taking Leave: 2015 in Review! Continue reading →

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Usagi and the Bear

Posted on February 23, 2014 by

Since my daughter was a baby, she’s been obsessed with rabbits (usagi, in Japanese). We first had a stuffed sheep doll for her, but she quickly became enamoured of a musical pink bunny whose cord she could pull to start … Continue reading →

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Family Day? Not in Japan

Posted on November 18, 2011 by

One of the problems with maintaining a blog about child raising is that the child-raising itself takes so much time that thee is little time to blog about it. If I thought I had little to,e last year while on … Continue reading →

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Year Two: Nursery School

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

Starting April 1st this year (the beginning of the school year in Japan), I went back to work and my daughter started her first year at a nearby private nursery school. Even prior to the official first day, we attended … Continue reading →

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Year 2: Colleague Reactions

Posted on September 9, 2011 by

Just over 5 months ago, my year-long child care leave ended and I went back to work. Since then, I haven’t posted on this blog for a very good reason: I was insanely busy. Of course, not too busy to … Continue reading →

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Endings and beginnings

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

I go back to work tomorrow on April 1st. My year-long paternity leave is over. No April Fools.

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‘Tis the Season…al Flu

Posted on March 11, 2011 by

These past few weeks have reminded me of an old Catholic joke. St. Peter’s at the Pearly Gates, and he’s checking his list of the recently departed when a new soul suddenly arrives without warning. St. Peter glances down at … Continue reading →

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