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I’d Give Nearly Anything to Call My Dad Again

Grief
July 29, 2025
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By Trina Rehberg Boyko

I’d Give Nearly Anything to Call My Dad Again

It hit me at the most unexpected time. I was doing laundry, and threw one of my dad’s shirts in…

Grief
June 15, 2025
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By Natasha Smith

Love Like This Never Really Leaves

I found my graduation picture in my dad’s wallet. It’s one of the last things I physically have of his…

Grown Children, Living
June 13, 2025
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By Ashley Flores-Pabon

I Waited My Whole Childhood for a Dad

Like so many kids are, I was raised by a single mom—the kind of woman who always put her kids…

Kids, Living
June 12, 2025
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By Vicki Bahr

Grandpa to the Rescue

We were in the sixth row of the church, all ready for our five-year-old twin grandsons’ preschool Christmas program to…

Don’t Wait To Tell Your Dad How Much You Love Him

Grief
June 4, 2025
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By Anissa Kennedy

Don’t Wait To Tell Your Dad How Much You Love Him

At just 55 years old, my father-in-law passed away, four months before our son was born. For two decades, he…

Living
March 25, 2025
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By Her View From Home

When Do You Stop Needing a Father?

I wonder if it will ever go away—that incessant longing for something that doesn't exist. Something that is supposed to…

Watch the Apple Holiday Ad about Dads and Daughters Gone Viral for the Most Incredible Reason

Living
November 29, 2024
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By Her View From Home

Watch the Apple Holiday Ad about Dads and Daughters Gone Viral for the Most Incredible Reason

It's that magical time of year again—the snow is falling, Christmas lights are twinkling, and retailers are making us all…

Losing an Elderly Parent after a Long Life Still Stings

Grief, Loss
August 22, 2024
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By Shari Strosser

Losing an Elderly Parent after a Long Life Still Stings

If you have lost an elderly parent, I bet people have said to you “at least he/she lived a good,…

Grown Children, Living
August 16, 2024
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By Kim Patton

Dear Dad, As You Consider Retirement

Dad, I’ve been thinking a lot about you lately and how you are in this weird in-between of working and…

Faith, Grief, Living, Loss
July 23, 2024
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By Colleen C. Howard

Dad, Jesus, and a Safety Deposit Box

Although it’s been a while since my father’s death, I still miss him. He was a man of integrity, a…

Right Now, I’m the Default Parent but I Still Need You

Marriage, Motherhood
July 20, 2024
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By Jamie Duhn

Right Now, I’m the Default Parent but I Still Need You

The default parent. I didn’t know I was the default parent until I started reading about it on social media…

Grief, Loss
June 16, 2024
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By Tiffany Reiger

To My Dad in Heaven on Father’s Day

To my dad in Heaven on Father’s Day, When I was little, you seemed invincible. The strongest man who could…

Dad

I’d Give Nearly Anything to Call My Dad Again

Love Like This Never Really Leaves

I Waited My Whole Childhood for a Dad

Grandpa to the Rescue

Don’t Wait To Tell Your Dad How Much You Love Him

When Do You Stop Needing a Father?

Watch the Apple Holiday Ad about Dads and Daughters Gone Viral for the Most Incredible Reason

Losing an Elderly Parent after a Long Life Still Stings

Dear Dad, As You Consider Retirement

Dad, Jesus, and a Safety Deposit Box

Right Now, I’m the Default Parent but I Still Need You

To My Dad in Heaven on Father’s Day

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So God Made a Mother