Confessions of a Once-Patient Dad

Matthew Huntley
Nov 4 · 5 min read

If this were the opening scene to a movie, you would see a freeze-frame of a 3-year-old boy in mid-air, arms and legs flailing in all directions, face contorted in a mixture of surprise, laughter, and fear. An adult man with arms extended, fury on his face. This is the scene at my house last night as I finally lost what little patience I had left and hurled my son from the change table to his bed in a fit of anger and frustration…

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Matthew Huntley

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Biologist, father, aspiring writer

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