Brother & Sister
My wife attended a workshop of sorts that introduced some ideas to connect with children. During the day long event she jotted down notes and ideas that she felt we could incorporate with our own...
View ArticleA Fathers Insight: Counting Sheep
A Fathers Insight is a new series of posts that will reflect on my own experiences with my children; including life-lessons, regrets, observations and other stories of fatherhood. I love to tell...
View ArticleWhen I Fail as a Parent
There are few things more upsetting to me than realizing, after the fact, that I have missed an opportunity to prevent one of my children hard life lessons. One thing I am continuing to learn is that...
View ArticleForced to Let go.
I stood there as she tore him from my arms. He clasped his hands tight around my neck as she continued to pull him away. I was forced to let him go. I stood there after my weekend as he clung to my...
View ArticleThe Highest Approval
Things are changing at our house. Right before my very eyes my little girl is growing up. Conversations have shifted from favorite Littlest Pet Shop characters to subjects that include boys, changing...
View ArticleHaving a Bad Day II
My parents told me a lot of things growing up. Although it took them repeating themselves many times, in the end, I always trusted what they said. If they told me the Tooth Fairy was responsible for...
View ArticleA Father’s Insight: Sleep Tight
Somewhere between my son literally clinging to life for nearly a month in the NICU at one-month old and the still birth of my daughter, something changed. That may be a slight understatement....
View ArticleA Father’s Insight: Slip of the Tongue
I always have visions of the holiday-favorite film, A Christmas Story, when I think about the first time a bad word slipped out of my lips as a child. I even recall the threat of soap in the mouth,...
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