Dear Husband, You Are the Perfect Man For Our Family
Sometimes parenting sucks, but you are perfect for this gig. When people describe parenthood to young couples with heart emoji eyes, they discuss the…
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How My Husband Redefined Father’s Day
I have dreaded Father’s Day for as long as I can remember. It’s a day that causes me more anxiety than Christmas, milestone birthdays,…
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What If All It Takes To Change the World Is a Good Dad and a Fishing Pole?
There was a time, not long ago, when I would jump on Facebook every morning with pure enthusiasm. Starting my day scrolling through my loved ones’…
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God Gave Me My Father
God gave me my father to make me laugh, to be my voice of reason, and to pass on his brown eyes. God gave me my father to balance out my…
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15 Truths About Parenting From My Dad, In His Own Words
I didn’t meet my dad when I was first born, because he was not there. Not in the room, which was fairly normal back then. Because, the…
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Thank You For Being a Dad Who Shows Up
This is for the dads who show up. This is for the dads who feel helpless and scared as they watch their babies enter the world, but wouldn’t…
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Daddy’s Little Girl is Growing Up
Daddy’s little girl is growing up . . . and he doesn’t like it one bit. From the moment of her birth when you looked into her face, you…
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4 Ways to Celebrate Dad on Father’s Day When He’s Deployed
One of the hardest things about being a military spouse is there are often times when I’m forced to parent solo. I give serious props to every…
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To The Father of Kids With Special Needs, on Father’s Day
On that day we promised “for better or worse, in sickness and in health,” I don’t know about you, but I figured on…
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A Dad Like You
You were gone before she arrived, though mom says she saw you for an instant, smiling next to me as I held your newborn, first grandchild for a…
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