Wisdom for Dads

In lieu of actually posting something original, I’m succumbing (once again) to the maneuver I try to avoid on this blog: posting a “Link to Something Good That Someone Else Wrote.” But what the “Krusty Sage” (aka Brant Hansen) has to say is great advice for new dads.

Every stage has been a better stage. No stage lasts very long. Savor them, man. Having a kid is not an 18-year long haul. It's a series of little hauls. That kid you have now? Goodbye. She won't be the same kid six months from now.

Enjoy your children at whatever stage they are at, because he's right--it goes super fast. Our little girl is toddling around like a pro now, and speaking fluently in some unknown dialect. A year ago, I was patting her on the back just so she could burp. Now she is scarfing down pizza, and eating cookies for desert.