Dear Mahri,
Like any family, yours has missing members that should be here. Yes, there are broken families and newly formed branches of families. But there are also a few holes in the family tree.
Your auntie Carol (your mom’s sister) died in 2000, when she was only 29 years old. Your mom and I were [...]
Archive for April, 2008
An Incomplete Family (Letters to Mahri, April 18, 2008)
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Letters from Grandad Mackie #3 (Letters to Mahri, April 18, 2008)
Posted in Letters To Mahri, tagged family, grandparents, letters to children, parenting, stay at home dad on April 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Mahri,
This next letter from my Grandad came a year after the last one (and was sent exactly 21 years ago today). The main reason for such a gap is that we got in the habit of sending cassette recordings back and forth rather than letters. We still have those cassettes, but I haven’t looked [...]
A Random Bomb Can Change Everything (Letters to Mahri, April 15, 2008)
Posted in Letters To Mahri, tagged family, fatherhood, letters to children, Master Weaver, parenthood, stay at home dad, Wool Dorset on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Mahri,
I’ve already told you a little bit about my mother’s parents, Sam and Agnes Mackie, but I haven’t yet shared with you anything about my father’s side of the family: the story of the Goodes. This story is a little more convoluted and will explain why your family make-up is not as “normal” as [...]
Letters from Grandad Mackie #2 (Letters to Mahri, April 5, 2008)
Posted in Letters To Mahri, tagged children, stay at home dad, letters to children, grandparents, grandfathers, stay at home father on April 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dearest Mahri,
Here is my second letter from my Grandad Mackie. He was anticipating our first visit two weeks later. I would have been about six months old at the time. Again, when he refers to “Mum” or “Dad”, he is referring to my parents (your grandparents).
April 9, 1976
Dear Jason,
This is your Grandad saying ‘how [...]
Late Nights and Dark Rooms (Letters to Mahri, March 28, 2008)
Posted in Letters To Mahri, tagged children, parenting, fatherhood, stay at home dad, stay at home father, childhood on April 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Mahri,
I’ve already written that it’s been a rough couple of weeks. You’re teething and perhaps even going through a major growth spurt (judging by what you consume!). You seem to need my attention whenever you’re awake, and the days are long as I struggle to take care of at least some of my household [...]
Can You Guess Where This Photo Was Taken?
Posted in Oblations on April 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Make a guess and then scroll down below it for the answer. (No cheating!)
Cape Verde, MARS
By the Mars Exploration Rover.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornell University
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_1052.html
