All the “Just For Men” hair dye commercials and black birthday balloons with tombstones on them can’t shake me.
A single father shares how being shaped by his nonverbal son and teenage daughter reframed what strength, love, and success really mean.
We’re All Screwing Up
We’re all artists who can’t enjoy our own work because we see the errors that no one else does.
When Autism Awareness Isn’t Enough
Everyone is on the same page in that we’re all aware that autism exists. It doesn’t mean that people accept it.
My Meta Morning of Madness
Ugh! Why would you make him kiss me like that!?
I Love My Gross Cats
I’m not saying that I dress them up in little outfits and take them for walks; but if you’re the type of person who does that, I’m saying I can understand.
Preparing For Battles That Never Happen
You stop caring about what people think of you when you realize how seldom they do.
Fathers Get To Be Corny
I started to piece the puzzle together and that’s when I learned that, as a dad, I was given pretty much free reign to be as dorky as I wanted.
Dad Discrimination
So many people like to preach about the importance of fathers in a family unit but then look down on them when they arrive pushing a stroller.
Forgiving Myself
Enlightened as I was, there was nowhere further to go. I had been a horrible person, needed to repent, and that was the end of the story.
Making Our Own Milestones
Surely he’d talk by three. When three came and went, it was surely four. It was a never ending cycle of “everything will be different next year.”
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