If you grew up with a sibling close in age I wonder if you were like me.  My brother was always just there, we had the same friends and my only escape from him was that whatever he liked I would hate.  Like for example, dogs.  He loved them so much I naturally hated them.  ... Continue Reading →

Every week my god daughter comes and hangs at my house.  When she was first born we watched her every Saturday, first for a few hours, then for a full day.  It was fun, but super stressful for my house.  My kids were growing and needed to be in a million different places and Saturday... Continue Reading →

I think about the saying "I"ll follow you to the ends of the earth" a lot. As I sit here at a cheerleading competition today all by myself. The oldest daughter has a ballet show coming up so the wife needed to be there, so I'm the cheer Dad today. Not my idea of a... Continue Reading →

This upcoming weekend is like the Super Bowl of weekends for my family.  We have a cheer competition all day Saturday and a Ballet show all day Sunday.  Kids will be a nightmare, wife will be crazy, dog will wonder why there is so much yelling, house will be a mess, doors will be slammed, hair brushes... Continue Reading →

This is going to sound awful, but hear me out.  My favorite sound in the world right now is the sound of my little baby niece Alice crying.  The sound is absolutely breathtaking to me.  She is the spitting image of my oldest when she was a baby, and seeing her brings me right back... Continue Reading →

My oldest daughter Meghan is in a ballet coming up for her dance studio called Mary Poppins.  Every year they do this really cool thing before the ballet where the older kids in the ballet, or the feature roles or whatever you would call it, get dressed up in costume and the little kids at... Continue Reading →

Am I a good Dad? How does someone measure that? What does it mean to be a good Dad? I've seen a video of this Dad dressing up in a princess costume to make his son happy and dancing and singing with him. The video is going viral, and he is getting lots of "What... Continue Reading →

I’ve been going thru a lot of soul searching recently.  With my job being a bit of bummer, lots of layoffs and uncertainty, it isn’t the place I envision retiring from anymore.  Been doing a lot of the “What’s my dream job” type daydreaming.  I was recently asked “What is my Why?”  I was taken... Continue Reading →

If you know my writing at all or have seen me talk about traditions you will know that my oldest daughter and I watch Survivor together.   Have for years.   It’s our thing.  We love it.  Gives us an excuse to eat 2 bags of the movie theater butter popcorn and lay of the... Continue Reading →