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Brandon Heffernan on June 26th, 2007
I was vacantly whistling a tune the other day when my friend stopped me and said, in a somewhat accusatory tone, "is that...is that from ‘Sesame Street'?" Yes, I was completely unaware of myself, belting out the melody to Elmo's World. I used to get Beatles tunes stuck in my
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Brandon Heffernan on May 29th, 2007
If I didn't record it here, I doubt we'd recall years from now that on the Sunday of your 59th week you bent down to smell a flower for the first time. We might forget that instead of inhaling, you blew your nose into it, and that you took a
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Brandon Heffernan on May 2nd, 2007
Most of my friends were fathers long before I was. I remember how they would tell me with great enthusiasm their little milestone stories - their kids' early attempts at language, the awkward dancing, all the funny and surprising stuff a child does. But the magic of their moments was
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Brandon Heffernan on April 4th, 2007
You're 14 months old now, and you're starting to realize how varied and interesting the world is around you. You inspect everything. If there's a rug, you'll lift a corner to see what's underneath, even if you checked it yesterday. If there's a box, you'll find a way to open
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Brandon Heffernan on February 28th, 2007
Well, her first birthday has come and gone, and she's walking. Not proficiently, but she's walking. She's on her way. And all the clichés about how having a baby makes time fly are true, so shockingly true that I've had to investigate the phenomenon. There's just no way that a
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Brandon Heffernan on January 31st, 2007
The other day I was watching happily as my year-old daughter played with stacking cups and muttered adorably at the toys and things around her. As she busied herself I figured I'd flick the TV on and see what's up in the world. As soon as the channel came in,
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