Big day today, fellas. Here’s a not so subtle reminder of what moms and kids so badly want to celebrate about us…. “Don’t settle for being strong at what doesn’t last and weak at...
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My Parents Are Gone and My Children Are Grown…
Since I can remember, the holidays were anchored by my two larger-than-life parents. I remember my mom’s intricately painted ceramic Christmas treasures on the hearth and mantle, our simple, yet colorful Christmas tree be-dazzled...
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Just Another Easter Routine…
So by now, the Easter baskets have been ravaged, the toys have been torn from their packaging by sticky little hands and the kids are feeling pretty good from all the confections offered at...
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Happy Almost New Year’s!!
Well, friends…this is it! 2021 is now just over 4 hours from officially becoming a series of memories in your heart…one more chapter coming to a close in the best-selling story of your life....
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When Words Become Weapons
Here I sit. It’s now after 1am and I’m bloodied by yet another battle. A battle that drove my beloved from the room some time ago and has rendered the end of this day...
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Feel Better, Little Princess
Sitting here on the floor of my daughter’s room by her bed while she finally begins to relax after having not felt well for a bit. Gave me a chance in the silence lit...
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Legacy of a Doggo
Was going through some old pictures this past weekend and I came across some of my dog Denali. 🙂 I wish you could have met her! She was the first dog my wife and I...
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Sculpting with the Mancub
So my kids have this cool, kinetic sand they use to sculpt and make all kinds of things. As I’m trying to put a little bit of dinner together one night last week, all...
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WWIII With a Side of Tacos
Cruise Missiles and ICBMs of scorn, aggravation, and ridicule rained down on all 6 of us just like in the old school Missile Command game. One Weary Father Being a father of four, I’m...
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Personal Space? Eh, Who Needs It :-)
This past Friday, guess what? I was summoned to work with a class of 2nd and 3rd graders in the Afterschool program. I was excited because Fridays are my absolute favorite day to serve!...
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