Dads + Husbands

Coping, I believe, is a means of protecting ourselves through pain, trauma, or loss. This can begin at such a young age when we run into problems or issues we don't know how to handle. Ways I have coped...

My husband knows me better than I know myself. When I’m filling out those quizzes, I have to ask him half the questions. Because he knows. He knows who I truly am. I have a tendency to keep pretending...

My dad has never really been a man of a lot of words. I grew up saying I love you, mostly to a response of “I know.” But that was always enough for me because he has always been a...

I love being a dad! It is the best job ever, but being a dad is just plain busy. I told someone the other day that I probably have about 10% of the free time that I had before...

As I’m preparing to write this piece, I can’t help but wonder how in the world did I make it this far as a father? I just put my 17-year-old daughter in her car, and she’s driving off...

Have you ever had this conversation with your kids? You:  I don’t ever want to see you doing this again! This stuff is bad for you!  It will negatively impact huge chunks of your life, and then it will probably...