Papa Sparks by the numbers

Days until I am with Aon, Jeremy Aaron and Bia:  50
 
Pages I’ve completed on my novel about Korea:  98
 
Kilometers I ran at the gym on the treadmill in one hour: 10
 
Kilograms I have lost since May 1st:  25
 
Slices of pizza I can eat while watching a “pizza movie” (a movie that goes well with an [...]

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Papa Sparks by the numbers

Papa Sparks by the numbers for Monday October 26, 2009:
56 more days until I am with Aon, Jeremy Aaron and Bia; 97 pages of my novel completed; 10 kilometers in 60 minutes on the treadmill today.

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Brotherly Love

There’s no other love like the love for a brother. There’s no other love like the love from a brother.
– Astrid Alauda
One day, when my wife Aon was pregnant with our son Jeremy Aaron, our oldest son Bia (pronounced Bee-ah) wanted to touch Aon’s belly. He was curious why she had gotten so big [...]

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100,000 Page Visits and Counting

Oh, do not ask, “What is it?” Let us go and make our visit.
When I visited my blog this afternoon, I was in for a pleasant surprise: I reached the 100,000 page visits milestone.
It’s nice to know that my blog has received as much attention as it has since I started keeping one a few [...]

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Happy One-Year Birthday Jeremy Aaron!

“If one feels the need of something grand, something infinite, something that makes one feel aware of God, one need not go far to find it. I think that I see something deeper, more infinite, more eternal than the ocean in the expression of the eyes of a little baby when it wakes in the [...]

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Where Jeremy Aaron goes, laughter & giggles follow

Aon couldn’t have asked for a better birthday present: Jeremy Aaron decided to wait until her birthday to get his little legs a moving and spent the whole day, according to Aon, when I called her last night, walking everywhere.
While I was talking to Aon last night I could hear Jeremy Aaron laughing and giggling [...]

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Happy Birthday Aon

I can think of no better or greater present to give to the woman on her birthday, the woman who has turned my life around and given me two darling and adorable sons, than to offer my everlasting love and devotion, and to thank her for making my life beautiful and meaningful.
Ever since Aon came [...]

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Counting my blessings

Take a deep breath.
Okay, let it out slowly and look at the photo of Jeremy Aaron and Bia.
Think about how wonderful it is going to be when you are with the boys and Aon in only 108 more days. That’s right, 108 more days. Heck, you can do that standing on your head.
Yeah, today was [...]

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The End of August

It’s the end of August, the start of another semester at Woosong and 112 days until I am with Aon, Jeremy Aaron and Bia.
The days are getting shorter, the mornings are a little cooler.
112 more days.
Now that’s what I am talking about.
Back in January when I came back to Korea after having spent four wonderful [...]

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That’s one small step for a baby; one giant leap for Jeremy Aaron

News Bulletin
We interrupt your regularly scheduled blog reading with this story just in from Vientiane, Laos:
Jeremy Aaron has started walking.
Chiu Inthavong, a.k.a. Aon reported from the capital city of Laos this morning that eleven-and-half month-old Jeremy Aaron has taken his first solo steps and, according to the proud mama, Jeremy Aaron is A-okay.
“He had been [...]

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