We want the shirt off your back, well actually we want the story about the shirt on your back. In particular we want the story of your favorite t-shirt, sweatshirt, hoodie…
Were you wearing it when your first child was born? Is it an old college favorite that your partner has adopted as sleepwear ? Is [...]
This morning I was browsing Facebook and saw that my youngest daughter had posted pictures of her High School Prom. This is a new experience for me, both my daughters live in the UK and when I was in High School we didn’t have proms – they being a strictly American experience.
Both my daughters and [...]
This week David Letterman brought shame on Fatherhood. This has nothing to do with with politics, whether you are a supporter or detractor of Sarah [...]
I have been following the story of the Burger King commercial – “I like Square Butts” with interest. When I first saw the commercial I [...]
I was scanning Twitter last night as I often do when there is nothing much to watch on the idiot box. As I was scrolling through the main stream of all the people I follow I came across an absolute gem.
Robb Vaules – @infobahn, shared a quote from his son – “Quote of the night [...]
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Today I had to have a difficult conversation with my daughters. It was made harder because we live apart, they in the UK me here in the US.
So over the phone I had to break the news that I had received only a few hours earlier, that their Grandmother, my Mother had passed [...]
Buying gifts, whether they are for Birthday’s, Christmas or just general tokens of affection gets harder as your children grow up. My two daughters are especially difficult to buy for. There are two reasons for this, one they are both in their late teens / early adult hood (one turns 18 next week, [...]
I only post here once a week, but I read the blog daily. For me the best post this week, if not the best ever post on here was written by Paisano – Sins of the Father. He uses the song by Everclear Father of Mine to relate the sense of abandoment, confusion and frustration felt [...]
Being the father of two older children, especially when they don’t live with me presents a lot of different challenges. I live in the US, they live in the UK. I haven’t lived there for 7 years, it has changed over that time. My daughters were 13 & 11 when I left the country, now [...]
I have two daughters. One 17 the other just turned 20. We have lived apart for 16 years. Over those years our ability to remain an active part of each others lives has faced many challenges. When we were first parted, I lived in the next town, I saw them every weekend, and sometimes during [...]
