Don't Read this Entry ... or at Least, Don't Hold it Against me.
So Much water on the bridge, and so many life changing events. When I started the original "Babies Crawl Alot,"™ we, Jenn and I, were living Oregon, and Zinnia was just a sea horse in her mother's womb. It was my attempt (largely successful, I'd like to think) to document an older father's first time entry into parenthood. Frankly, I had a ball writing it. Today is November 24th, 2020. I've hesitated to start a new parenting blog for the best of reasons and the worst of reasons: I had been living with the growing fear that we were/are heading down the home stretch both as a species and a nation, and I felt deep guilt that I helped bring the love of my life--the kid formerly known as Baby Z--onto the planet just in time for climate change and a world-wide pandemic to kick our collective asses. (I would be remiss if, at some point, I didn't go into the latter. Way remiss, but for another entry.) And those are the best of reasons why I didn't ...
