Category Archives: Parenting

My Five Things This Week

Posted on October 30, 2022 by jdteehan

Today I am blatantly stealing a thing from entrepreneurial guru Tim Ferriss. His weekly newsletter is called “5-Bullet Friday,” which offers a few thoughts in a bullet format highlighting his recent interests.  I will not steal all his bullet points, … Continue reading →

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Here We Are – October 25, 2022

Posted on October 25, 2022 by jdteehan

It’s… It’s been a while, hasn’t it? 

Almost three years.

A lot has happened, as things tend to do. 

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Dear Jackrabbit #44 — Sleeping On Hot Nights

Posted on July 2, 2018 by jdteehan

Dear Jackrabbit, It’s hot out, boy. Super hot. The first heat wave of the year. We’ve had it pretty easy so far this year, but the past few days have been awful for someone like me who hates being too … Continue reading →

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On Children

Posted on June 27, 2018 by jdteehan

I came across this recently. It’s the poem “On Children” by Kahlil Gibran Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though … Continue reading →

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DearJackrabbit #38 — Happy First Father’s Day

Posted on June 18, 2017 by jdteehan

Dear Jackrabbit, Happy Father’s Day. There are any number of topics I could choose from on this, our first Father’s Day. I was thinking of writing about my dad. A quite worthy subject, but there will be time enough. I … Continue reading →

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More on Movies

Posted on May 31, 2017 by jdteehan

Back in February I wrote about how much Jack is enraptured by the Despicable Me franchise. I don’t entirely get why. Don’t get me wrong… I love the movies as well. Always have. The boy’s fascination is probably my fault–DNA, … Continue reading →

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Calculating Baby

Posted on May 18, 2017 by jdteehan

There is a pretty classic brain teaser about a farmer, a fox, a chicken, a sack of corn, and a river. It goes kind of like… A man has to get a fox, a chicken, and a sack of corn … Continue reading →

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Welcome to mornings (or, hehehe…air-butt!)

Posted on May 11, 2017 by jdteehan

A short entry today as I have a lot of work to do. Confession… one of my most favorite times of day is when it’s time to wake the boy up. Half the time he’s wide awake and pushing himself up … Continue reading →

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Pie Thievery

Posted on May 9, 2017 by jdteehan

It makes me sad that my boy will never know the unbridled joy of stealing a pie that has been set on the windowsill to cool. It seems people don’t do this sort of thing anymore. Now, granted…stealing is wrong… … Continue reading →

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Never eat anything bigger than your head.

Posted on May 4, 2017 by jdteehan

The mouth still seems to be a favored tool for exploration… or it’s part of the teething thing. In any case, watch your fingers when you handle the boy. A list of more things the boy has tried putting in … Continue reading →

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