Tag Archives: fatherhood

Getting Sick

Posted on March 20, 2010 by MThomas

Since March 3rd, our daughter has been sick. Well, not sick-sick, as in sick all the time. But basically since catching a cold she hasn’t recovered completely. Four days of medicine for the cold seemed to work…sort of…except she came … Continue reading →

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Note to self: Never call “parenting,” “babysitting”

Posted on February 21, 2010 by MThomas

Last Friday, my wife went out to dinner in Osaka with a couple friends. This meant that I was home alone with our daughter for the first time. Well, not the first, first time. But I was faced with the … Continue reading →

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Home for the holidays

Posted on January 8, 2010 by MThomas

For New Years, my wife and I brought our baby back to her hometown, a small city in southern Japan. My daughter was born in a small hospital there, while I stayed elsewhere and continued to work. Even then I … Continue reading →

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