In a word, I’m pregnant.
OK that’s two words—and no I’m not literally pregnant. A dude pregnant would be like a disgraced game show host becoming president, oh wait.
No my friends, I have help in that regard from the most amazing surrogate in the history of everything. Her name is Lyndsey and my son’s name is Cameron. He’s due here soon, and—even though I’ll prejudge nothing about who he is or hopes to be—I’m pipelining for him to a liberal badass.
In this space I’ll dispense advice, pitfalls, success stories and funny moments as I attempt to handle a newborn son (with a LOT of help).
Join me, won’t you?
As you’ve read on this blog (here, here and here) I’m very mad at the likes of Facebook, YouTube & Instagram, so I’ll be posting infrequently. I do hope to pitch a dad blog somewhere but until then I’ll be posting nuggets right here.
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“The days are long but the years are short”—a very smart pal
UPDATE: Cam was born on 11 Dec 2018 at 4 a.m. on the dot. We made the trek from Worcester, Mass., to Bethel, Conn.; then flew home to Atlanta via White Plains. It’s been a whirlwind of tired days and not enough sleep. But boy hey howdy this kid is a marvel. Family integration with Triscuit has been great and I even owned a MAGA for good measure.
I’m gay and just had a son 2 days ago. my parents have their 4th grandchild and I hope to be a grandfather someday
my son is awesome but I’m pretty sure he ain’t gonna like you much pic.twitter.com/g4n4iEDq7M
— Will Is Social Chair Of Fani Willis Fan Club ⚖️ 🌻 (@bywillpollock) December 13, 2018
my 13-year-old Rat Terrier nuzzling her baby brother today made my heart bust open pic.twitter.com/YnBrjURp0e
— Will Is Social Chair Of Fani Willis Fan Club ⚖️ 🌻 (@bywillpollock) December 30, 2018
nurse: laughing newborn is unusual
me: not if he’s my kid pic.twitter.com/rWBfDM8q1C
— Will Is Social Chair Of Fani Willis Fan Club ⚖️ 🌻 (@bywillpollock) December 30, 2018
UPDATE 2 (21 Dec 2020): I’m gonna be shutting off my Facebook soon—possibly for good—so I started an Instagram account (@moment.of.cam) that I’ll hopefully be able to transfer to Cam when he’s of age. By that time IG will be pried away from FB and not harvesting user data for profit. Note: I’ll not be engaging anything nor will I use it to follow other accounts. IG is a wasteland full of body-shaming and wild exaggerations.
Will Pollock
is an Atlanta-based freelance multimedia journalist focusing on pop-culture, politics, journalism & media, retail, real estate, travel, politics, parenting, and human-interest stories.
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