Building better fathers
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What my father taught me (and what I want to pass on) [3]
How is it I still remember you watching other women, smiling to yourself and thinking Im the cool guy; when everyone around you looked at you as a fool, including your own child. Hard to let this one go; still vivid in my head after all these years. How is this even possible? I dont…
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What my father taught me (and what I want to pass on) [2]
Why not complain all the time and bitch about others, how others are mistreating you and how others have wrong done you in the past so thats why you are the way you are now? There, done. All problems have been solved now. Watching grown man complaining about others and how others have wrong them…
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What my father taught me (and what I want to pass on) [1]
Nothing. end of the blog post. straight and easy isnt it? I say nothing because I cant pinpoint to a specific thing, a specific lesson, moment where I thought it was worth it.As bad as it sounds and harsh, its piercing into my heart when I write these words. It pains me to do it;…
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Why do I need to take of myself first?
Being a father is a selfless act. its not about you anymore and why should it be? I had no father present; physically he was there but no role model to be proud of. I always knew a piece of me was missing but it never hit me until recently.Thats only because I always thought…
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To the dads ….
Who had the courage to be different, to break the chain of absence and become the presence they never experienced.
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Breaking the chains
I will always remember the first time I held my son in my arms when in the hospital. I had tears in my eyes. I knew before getting there that I might do that, but nothing prepared me to the feeling when holding him. That day I was a dad. Something that was in the…
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