I started writing this at 1:30 in the morning…so if there are errors and it doesn’t make any sense you can just blame that fact…kidding…sort of! I’m supposed to be sleeping right now and trying to recover from my recent surgery. If you didn’t catch from my less than clever play on words in the title I had my appendix removed recently. It didn’t burst, thankfully. Continue reading
I’m a people-pleaser. I’m a peacemaker. I like everyone I interact with to be happy and to think I’m a good person. I don’t like to rock the boat. I don’t like confrontation. I don’t like to make people mad or upset. I especially dislike disappointing people. My greatest fears seem to be the triumvirate of hurting, disappointing or angering other people. I second-guess myself all the time in this regard…”Did I say something wrong? Did I look at them wrong? Did I make the right decision? Do they like me?” Continue reading
This was originally posted by the Marion & Polk Early Learning Hub here.
This has been a summer made up of bruises and band-aids in our home. For a while there it seemed like the “owies” just wouldn’t stop! We’ve lost count of the amount of cuts, scrapes and “owies” my son has had, and in the month of July we’ve had eight trips to the doctor/dentist between the four of us! It has definitely been a painful month and one where we spent most of our “vacation” time trying to recuperate and get healthy. Thankfully there were no major “owies” and we managed to learn a few lessons along the way. Continue reading
The past several years in our home have been filled with so much joy, so many blessings, and so much to be thankful for. And – they have also been years full of grief, pain, loss, and deep sadness. Many times over the past several years we have had to discuss what we should tell our kids about deaths in the family, chronic illnesses, and losses untouchable. Continue reading
It’s taken a while for me to get to the point where I felt comfortable writing this…and really it’s because it’s taken a while for me to get to the point where I felt like I was starting to feel like myself again. I’ve described my recent time as a “tough season” for my family and me. This is true, and while there’s been many great things and some very special moments, there have also been some very tough moments and struggles. This has been especially true for me personally as I feel like in some ways it has been one of the toughest struggles of my life. Continue reading
Life has a way of testing your breaking points
It often knows when you are least able to handle another trial Continue reading
Today marks one year since I started This is Fatherhood! I’m so grateful to each of you that takes the time to read this, to my wife for encouraging me and to my kids…the reason for the blog 🙂
To commemorate I thought I would share with you my top five (in my opinion) posts I’ve written in my year of blogging. Please check them out below and let me know if there’s one you thought should have made the cut.
1. Miscarriage
2. Pain
4. Joy
Bonus (it was hard to pick just five 😊): “Boys Will Be Boys”
This is one year of blogging!
This is fatherhood…
