DadsDoingDishes has been on a hiatus – unfortunately, not by choice. Recently, I experienced firsthand the challenges faced by sandwich generation parents — those caring for both aging parents and young children. While I knew this day would eventually come, I had been fortunate to avoid it until recently. When my 88-year-old father — my […]
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Dealing With the Unexpected Guilt of Having a Second Child As I walked into our home with our precious newborn daughter for the first time, I was nervous for my son and daughter to meet. I had been anticipating this moment for months. My wife and I did our best to explain to our son
In a previous post, I mentioned that I was listening to a podcast called All There Is with Anderson Cooper – the subject matter relates to exploring loss and grief. Recently, I listened to an episode that dealt with anticipatory grief (episode 5, recorded on October 12, 2022). I had never heard the term anticipatory
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