Reflections on Family, Fatherhood, Loss & Grief
Before you read anything here...watch the video above. ... Did you watch it? Now, tell me - is that what your baby's first bath experience was like? Ours was VERY different. I also have it on video, and it certainly did not look like the … [Continue reading]
I don't know Christian Piatt (other than through Twitter recently). But I'm a sucker for memoirs...and his is as good as any I've read. Just in time for Father's Day, Christian's new book "PregMANcy: A Dad, A Little Dude, and a Due Date" is a … [Continue reading]
Over the past year or so, my wife has become an expert in finding the best product on Amazon.com. She's become a pro at being able to research different options, read Amazon reviews, and find the best deals and products on Amazon. So when it came … [Continue reading]
Over the years, I've tried to find ways to monetize this blog in ways that aren't distracting or annoying or unethical for readers. For the most part, I've been working on selling a few ads here and there, and relying on affiliate sales. I've been … [Continue reading]
Just wanted to share a video update of some run Caleb moments recently. The video has some clips of jumping in the Merry Muscle Bouncer, his first eating of rice cereal and some other super cute moments. Enjoy. … [Continue reading]
A few weeks ago, Rainn Wilson (also known as Dwight from the Office) tweeted about some children's music by Renee & Jeremy. I wasn't familiar with them (hell, I'm not really very familiar with a lot of children's music), but I decided to give … [Continue reading]
We've been blessed to have wonderful neighbors and folks from our church who have helped us out and volunteered to watch Caleb for us over the past couple months. It's been a really huge gift. But it eventually became clear to us (well, to my … [Continue reading]
One of my hopes with Dazed Dad is writing about grief and loss from a father's perspective. As anyone who has gone looking for it, you'll know there really isn't much available and out there. Kelly Farley is trying to help with that by publishing a … [Continue reading]
This is cross-posted from a post I wrote for Jake Bouma's Cancer & Theology series. You can see the original version here. We were asked to reflect on the issue of cancer & theology. There is some profanity below, which I thought about taking … [Continue reading]
Last Sunday was Caleb's baptism. Both my parents and Sarah's parents were able to be here for the occasion, and it was really wonderful. It was his first time in church, and he did very well. Thankfully, my colleague put the baptism toward the … [Continue reading]