The Good, the Bad, and the Adorable
My First Year as a Father
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When my wife woke me up in the middle of the night saying that she still wasn’t feeling well I did my best to comfort her even though I was still half asleep. Having just been to the hospital, her flu was something that needed to be watched but sometimes my wife can be a little more overzealous in her monitoring. However, even having been woken up a few times before and still suffering from a week long lack of sleep, there were a few words that my wife uttered that immediately got me up and out of bed… “I think my water just broke.” That will wake you up faster than the strongest cup of coffee the world has ever known. ... Our son was the light of the day which was able to pierce the darkest of moments. Having joined the world at 9:14am we were quick to send a photo to family and friends to let us know of the joy that had just been bestowed upon us. Even my mother-in-law who had not been communicative for several days opened her eyes when she was told that a picture of her first grandchild was sent to her. For the first time in days she spoke a single word… wow!
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About the Book
I originally started my blog, Time to Keep It Simple, in May of 2013 as a means to simply continue writing without the strictures of keeping to a particular topic or form. Hence, the title that I chose for this new endeavor. The only parameters that I set for myself were that each daily post had to be at least four hundred words in length. Over time, there were subjects that seemed to come up naturally and that I truly enjoyed writing about. Not surprisingly, when my wife and I found out that we were expecting a baby, this became the topic about which I was most passionate about and an experience, as a father expecting his first child, that I wanted to share with everyone. After our son was born, I found myself having conversations with other parents about some of the interesting things that we should anticipate happening during the first year. I had not heard about any of these anecdotes before, so I wanted to start writing more regularly about these usually humorous occurrences. Arranged chronologically, this book is a collection of both those early posts of doctor appointments and preparations for arrival as well as the more interesting moments that I experienced during my first year as a father.
About the Author
Sean M. Teaford has gained a reputation as a talented poet and insightful essayist with honest images that remain with the reader long after the page has been turned. Over the past fifteen years, Sean has published over a hundred poems and over a thousand online articles. He is the author of four books of poetry, two essay collections, and maintains a daily blog, Time To Keep It Simple, which has served as a record of his life as a traveler, writer, genealogist, photographer, Rotarian, Mason, convert to Judaism, and, most importantly, as a husband and new father. In addition to serving as an editor for a variety of literary publications, including the Endicott Review and Mad Poets Review, he has coordinated numerous poetry readings across the Northeast and has been a featured reader in the Boston and Philadelphia areas. Sean received a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Rosemont College and a B.A. in English from Endicott College. A public relations account executive, Sean lives in Morgantown, Pennsylvania with his wife and son.