Friendship

Day 224 or “T-1”

This is it. The last day of single(ish) fatherhood. I would be lying if I didn’t admit to having mixed feelings about it. I am going to look back on this time as the best 225 days of my life. As everyone who’s been reading this journal knows, it’s not been easy. But it’s been worthwhile. It’s been…

Day 217 or “The Day After Stormy Has Her First Sleepover”

It’s well past midnight before Stormy and her best friend fall asleep. They spend the last hour sitting in bed 🛏, with the little night light on 🔦, chatting away with each other 💬. By 1am I have to crack down on it though…

Day 216 or “The Day Stormy Has Her First Sleepover”

It is a school bus morning today. I prepare a simple breakfast and get Stormy dressed and her hair brushed before bundling her down to the bus stop. No fuss. No chaos. No problem.

Day 186 or “The Day Stormy Channels Her Inner Lawyer”

Stormy as I discuss the fastest ways that we can get to the bus-stop. I suggest a catapult from our front window. Stormy disagrees, not because it’s unsafe, but because “I’d be scared”. She does agree that a jet-pack, “like in Miles from…

Day 182 or “The Day Stormy Makes A New Friend”

There is generally no “me” time on a weekend. So when a friend visiting from Hong Kong suggests to meet, I invite him to breakfast with Stormy and myself. Stormy is excited as she always enjoys meeting my friends. We agree to meet at the ToastBox…

Day 169 or “The Day We’re Alone Again”

The house is quiet this morning. Somehow we all manage to sleep in. I include the cat in that statement which is amazing in it’s own right.

However, all good things must come to an end and the house slowly awakens. By 9am we’re awake…

Day 105

Stormy’s excitement is hard to contain today. For some unknowable reason, I decided to take her on a weekend holiday to Bintan (an small Indonesian Island off the coast of Singapore). We’re not scheduled to go until after lunch so it’s really hard to keep her focused on what needs to be done. Like packing her…

Day 101

Stormy starts the day incredibly excited. Today my work friends are coming over for a barbecue. It’s the first thing she asks about when she wakes; “are you friends coming tonight?”. That they are. The rest of the morning is a blur as she quickly get’s ready. Only disrupting one video conference this morning.

Day 77

After the epic astronomy movie night last night, Stormy and I both sleep in. As I’m coming awake, I roll over to check the time. Slowly the synapses in my brain connect the time with the plan for today. As that connection is made there is a rapid realisation that we’re nearly late and I am suddenly very awake. I…