Hippocrates In San Diego

There are 59 skulls in this image

There are 59 skulls in this image

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Second Anniversary/Baby Boy

Second Anniversary

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Nicole and I just celebrated two years of marriage. I am rather amazed that two years of marriage feels as it does. “Two years,” I can imagine my unmarried self thinking, “that’s practically a lifetime.” But how quickly these two years have gone by.

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Freedom Glory Project

Green

Additions and Losses

It’s been a whirlwind of a time these last 7-1/2 weeks, with a constant 24-hour cycle of baby care that has kept us poorly rested, poorly fed, and utterly, blindingly happy since January 25. I can’t say I’ve ever had a better experience, despite the frequently desperate and all-consuming fatigue, the frustration when he’s crying for no apparent reason, the inability to get out of the house in under thirty minutes…

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Rapid

I can’t believe how quickly my family leave has come and gone. I have to go back to work in 3 days… it’s going to be a really hard two weeks.

Last 5 Runs

Two Weeks

On January 24, N. awoke with painful contractions, and by 3 pm we were at the hospital. She was far enough along to get an epidural, which relieved her very significant pain, and she labored in relative comfort through the night. Finally by 5 am on the 25th, she began pushing and by 8:30 am, our son C. was born.

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Welcome, Baby C.

Clean

That was somewhat liberating, although a little sad. Sometimes you have to just separate from things that you’re drawn to when you realize how bad they are for you.