The Summer brings about all kinds of opportunities for quality family time with your kids. While you often can hear about mothers dealing with challenges of the extra free time kids seem to have on their hands, it's time for Dad's to step up and draw their children...
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Write A Tribute For Dad
When I first heard about this idea of writing a tribute to my dad, I knew I didn’t have a choice. I had to do it, even though I knew it would be a stretch goal. I felt so nervous about it that I procrastinated way too long. I first heard about the idea from Dennis...
Why Interview Dad?
Ever since I was a kid, I liked to pretend that I was interviewing people. Seriously, I remember walking around with a camera and just asking people random questions. Maybe you never imagined interviewing celebrities like me. I would like to tell you about my...
Show Him Some Love: Send Postcards
Sometimes the hardest conversation to start is with the person who means the most to me. When I am in the grocery line, I can carry on mindless small talk conversations with total strangers. But when it feels like the stakes are high, I can invest lots of emotional...
Give Him A Little Grace
We buried my dad last weekend, after a brutal 16-month battle with a rare lung disease. The grinding pace of the fight was excruciating and filled with ups and downs. With each new treatment option, we held our breath and hoped for the best. He even went as far as to...
Make Every Night Game Night
Here’s how a typical conversation with my kids on the way home from school goes, “so how was your day?” Response from my third grader, “Good.” Response from my kindergartner, “Fine.” And if I don’t press, that’s the end of our convo. The next 20 minutes we listen to...
The Power (and destruction) of Angry Words
I get to approach this conversation from two perspectives. The first is that I have been a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and personal development coach for the last 10 years. I have worked with hundreds of men on the topic of anger and how to handle those...
The Masks We Wear
Halloween has been my favorite holiday since I was a kid. The buzz and excitement that comes with decorating your house, carving pumpkins, dressing up, and getting candy; I mean what more could a kid want? As a young boy, I thought it was so cool when my dad and other...
Beyond the Benjamins: 3 Qualities of a Provider
Now... What y'all wanna do? Wanna be ballers? Shot-callers? Brawlers --Puffy Combs, aka Puff Daddy, aka P. Diddy, aka... I am a Judge’s son. Growing up, I was the cute little blond haired kid campaigning on your doorstep and stuttering in a high voice, “Hi....