Posts Tagged ‘Fathers’
After Living in the Parenthood, You Will Never Leave
I’ve been ADULT-ing for almost 33 years now (do the math and don’t judge). I’ve been PARENT-ing for almost 28 years. Gimme a second to sit dow, got a little light-headed there…back to the story. In parenting, there are basically three phases: Pre-Parenting (no kids), Full-On-Parenting (they’re all around me!), and Post-Parenting (just an FYI,…
Read MoreYou say Home, I say Castle
My home is my Castle, in many traditional senses of what a Castle represents. My Castle stands as a means of protection from the outside world for my family. Our Castle is intended to be the one place where they could recharge, recover, and gain the physical and mental strength to go back out and…
Read MoreReal men say, “I Love You”
I love my wife. I love my kids. I love my grandkids. How do they know? I tell them. I was raised in a very traditional home. My father worked at this his job outside the home. My mother was a housewife and took care of us kids. For this I am thankful. Nothing replaces the…
Read MoreEmbracing the Inevitable — Passing the Genetic Baton
When my siblings and I were growing up, my mom used to send one of us in the store with our father, with the rest of our crew waited patiently in the car for him to pay for gas. Why? To encourage him to hurry back out to the car and remind him that…
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