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Do not fight the nature. You will lose.

My father-in-law has five daughters. No kidding. And all he ever wanted was one son. He tried the first time – no luck. A daughter. He considered giving up, but his wife convinced him to try again. And so he did. Nope. Daughter again. He thought about quiting, but his wife convinced him to try one more time. Who knows? He tried. Daughter. Again.

He took a break for a few years to think things over. And he thought hard. As a result, he divorced his wife. And married another woman. Who already had a son from previous marriage.

Tricking the nature he tried again. And he got it back hard. His wife gave birth to twins. Two girls that is.

Five daughters later, I don’t think he will try again.

Crying

Crying

Slowly we are getting used to Maxim’s crying. Not that he cries a lot, but when it happens we used to drop whatever that was that we were doing and rush to pick him up. Now we can actually pause for a second and decide on the best course of actions. Which is usually to drop whatever is that we are doing and rush to pick him up.

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The best way to wake up

What do you think is the best way to wake up? The worst awakening is clear – it is an early morning alarm clock after a late night’s party that left the hangover ache in all your body, and especially in the head. But what is the best way to wake up?

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Being a bad father

“He is a really messed up father”, “His parental rights should be revoked”, “He should never ever have another child”, and “I wonder if his wife knows how bad he is” – these are things I read in the eyes of a few mothers looking at me and Maxim in the park today. Of course, I gave them a reason to hate to me – not that they needed one though – but they were overreacting too.

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