Yep – Just another blog…and the 'G' is silent.
Hello Little One, In November of last year, we suffered a loss in our family. Your Great-Aunt Louise passed away, aged 95. She was your Bestefar’s oldest sister, the matriarcal figure of the Gjertsen Family at the time, and meant a lot to both your Mom and me. She met you on three different occasions, […]
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Dear Freya, I am writing this to you from the Business Lounge of the Edmonton International Airport, while Uncle Mike and I wait for our flight back home. We came here to meet the owner of a Canadian Tire store that we do business with, but most importantly on this trip, we attended the Celebration […]
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Hello Little One. 10 months ago today, your Mother and I had our lives changed forever, and as much as someone who isn’t a parent will say they are ready for parenthood there is truly nothing that fully prepares you. You might be wondering what I mean by this. Were we ready? Yes, as much […]
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Dear Freya, Today is December 24, 2016 – Christmas Eve – and we will be celebrating your first Christmas this year. I cannot express adequately in words just how happy we are to have you here with us to do so, but to say that we are thrilled would be an over simplification of said […]
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Dear Freya, Today is November 7, 2016 – a Monday. I am currently sitting in seat 4D of a Boeing 757, on Delta flight DL952. I am traveling from Seattle to Atlanta, on my way to Orlando, FL. This is the week that I (normally) attend the IT Nation technology conference. This is a week […]
Continue ReadingI wrote the letter below, the evening of August 31st, the day after Freya was born. Dear Freya, The day you were born was a very busy day. Your Mom woke me up at 5:30am, to tell me that her water had broken. We proceed to call the maternity ward at Langley Memorial Hospital (LMH), […]
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