Aaron M. Fortkamp

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May 6, 2019

Over//Eager

I may have jumped the gun. Alex had to go back on air support last night, but I’d already posted it as a milestone, a success.
April 24, 2019

Prayer

We’re closer to the end. We know it intellectually, but it’s hard to reckon on an emotional level.
April 14, 2019

Skywalker

What will be the first movie trilogy I expose him to. What will be his first attended sporting event. These things matter.
April 8, 2019

Murder

Look, if you’re going to go with people I know and love, this is going to take a long time.
April 3, 2019

Theater

My role is NICU DAD (AWAY FROM HOME). There is no understudy.
March 16, 2019

Broker

We’re coming up on eight weeks in the NICU tomorrow, and it feels like we’re back where we started.
February 13, 2019

Mermer

If it doesn’t work, and his symptoms don’t improve, they’ll want to go in surgically to close the shunt.
February 7, 2019

Smaller

I’ve been trying to find ways to communicate how not-large Alex really is. It’s a difficult thing to understand until you see him in real life.
February 4, 2019

Sucker

Something was blocking the tube. I was standing there, two feet away, watching, motionless.
February 1, 2019

Winker

My son isn’t speaking to me. I stay up late into the night, searching for ways of how to remedy this.