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Grief, Grown Children, Loss
June 16, 2019
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To the Fatherless on Father’s Day

You don’t feel lucky to be in it. But, it is a club you have joined. Your dad died. Even worse, when you were young. And so was he. For those…

Grown Children, Kids
June 16, 2019
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A Dad is His Daughter’s Safe Place, Too

“Mothers are their children’s safe place.” I hear this all the time. I feel this way about my mom, and since I’ve become a mom, I know this…

Kids, Motherhood
June 12, 2019
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My Husband Dreamed of Boys; God Gave Him Girls

My husband always dreamed he would have boys. He wanted two boys, exactly two and that’s just what he would have. That’s just the way it…

Kids, Motherhood
June 11, 2019
3 Minute Read

A Dad’s Heart is His Children

If you want to know a dad’s heart, watch the way he looks into the eyes of his children. Observe the way he peers right into their souls and…

Faith, Grief, Loss
June 10, 2019
4 Minute Read

He Couldn’t Fix This

I can see it in his eyes, I can hear it in his voice the pain, the hurt all the things because he could not fix it. He is the dad, the husband the…

Child, Kids, Teen
May 18, 2019
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He’s Sweet Now at 7, But What About 17? As a Dad Who Works With Teens, Sometimes I Worry.

My son is currently in the first grade. It’s hard to believe my oldest—that 6-pound, 15-ounce baby we brought home from the hospital…

Grown Children, Kids
May 2, 2019
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I Never Questioned if I Was Worthy of Love—My Dad Showed Me

Growing up, I was a “daddy’s girl”. Just ask anyone who knew me as a young girl: I ADORED my dad. He was always “Daddy” to me, he gave me…

Marriage
January 28, 2019
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Dear Husband, I Love You For All the Little Ways You Care

Dear husband, As I write this, I am patting the back of our 3-year-old while she drifts off to sleep and you rock our screaming 8-month-old. It is…

Kids, Marriage
January 20, 2019
4 Minute Read

Dear Husband, Thank You For Being the Father My Own Was Not

I have often heard that we marry our mothers or fathers. For some strange reason, be it consciously or subconsciously, we go on a search for what we…

Kids, Marriage
January 18, 2019
2 Minute Read

Dear Husband, I Thank God For You Every Day

He’s the glue that holds us together. He’s the one who assures each member of the family of our worth. He reminds our oldest son how smart he is;…

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To the Fatherless on Father’s Day

A Dad is His Daughter’s Safe Place, Too

My Husband Dreamed of Boys; God Gave Him Girls

A Dad’s Heart is His Children

He Couldn’t Fix This

He’s Sweet Now at 7, But What About 17? As a Dad Who Works With Teens, Sometimes I Worry.

I Never Questioned if I Was Worthy of Love—My Dad Showed Me

Dear Husband, I Love You For All the Little Ways You Care

Dear Husband, Thank You For Being the Father My Own Was Not

Dear Husband, I Thank God For You Every Day

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