There are perks to being a girl dad. There are perks to being a dad in general. But with perks… come penalties. And sometimes those penalties leave emotional scars.Deep ones.The kind that resurface… every time you drive past a drive-thru. For most of my life, I believed chicken nuggets and chicken tenders were basically the … Continue reading As a Girl Dad – Part 6
Author: Big Jimmy
Do They Even Know
Tall people know they’re tall.Short people know they’re short. I’m old.And I know I’m old. “But you’re only as old as you feel.” Bite me. I’m old.And I know it. But stupid people…Do they know they’re stupid? MY GOD — that’s an entire BecauseJimSays post right there.It practically writes itself. But back to me. Because… … Continue reading Do They Even Know
Sneezy
There are some things about me you might not know.And then there are things you absolutely know… whether you wanted to or not. 1 example I am a loud sneezer. Not “oh, excuse me” loud.Not “polite tissue dab” loud. I’m talking:sonic boom meets gunshot meets small controlled explosion. And just when you think it’s over……it’s … Continue reading Sneezy
Cheese and Crackers
Life is hard.Not “stub your toe and move on” hard.I’m talking existential dread with a side of breaking news alert hard. EVERY SINGLE DAY !!! Everywhere you turn—news, politics, religion, social media—it’s like walking into a room where everyone is already yelling…and nobody remembers why. Hate.Hate.HATE. I hate all the hate. And then…the other night… … Continue reading Cheese and Crackers
Talking in Your Sleep
Recently we made the bold, financially responsible, wildly unexciting decision to switch from Amazon Music to Spotify. Why? Because I operate on a highly sophisticated household budgeting system known as:“Whichever one is cheaper right now wins.” Turns out Spotify is cheaper.WHO KNEW? My wife knew.Which is why we switched. So now I’ve been riding shotgun … Continue reading Talking in Your Sleep
We All Had Heroes.
I certainly had one. To this day – I still admire him. And I use the term “him” oddly, because I know there is no real “him”. He wasn’t real. But the idea of “him” was always real. And yes, I still admire him. Nothing ever got him down. Nothing bothered him. Any bad situation … Continue reading We All Had Heroes.
On a Serious Note:
Every once in a while, life taps you on the shoulder and says, “Hey… pay attention to this part.” The last three or four months have been full of those moments. For Christmas, my daughter Kate—20 at the time—gave me a gift she could barely contain her excitement over. And when she told me it … Continue reading On a Serious Note:
As a Girl Dad – Part 5
Things I Never Expected to Say as a Girl Dad Before I had daughters, I assumed fatherhood would involve saying things like: “Don’t touch that.” “Get down from there.” “Who broke this?” Normal dad phrases. What I did not expect was the number of sentences that would come out of my mouth that make absolutely … Continue reading As a Girl Dad – Part 5
As a Girl Dad – Part 4
I’m Right Here There is something I genuinely enjoy about the four of us going out to dinner. Not the food.(Not really.) It’s the moment.All four of us at the same table. No carpools. No practices. No “I’ll just meet you there.” Just us. Now—like any modern American family—there are occasional phone sightings. A scroll … Continue reading As a Girl Dad – Part 4
It’s a New Season
I do enjoy when a new season is upon us. There’s something about that first stretch of warm spring days. Not just one teaser day in March where everyone wears shorts and then it snows the next morning. No. That is some top shelf BS right there. I’m talking about that string of nice days … Continue reading It’s a New Season
My Take on Life and Events 