Tag: fatherhood
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July 15, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
My adopted son is a Rosebud Sioux. He lived with us since he was six weeks old and finally adopted him when he was 7. Since he was a Native American I wanted to keep his heritege alive in . . .
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December 29, 2008 06:00 PM EST --
It is a frigid, mid-winter afternoon, already dark at four o'clock. I gather an armload of firewood from the barn and come in from the cold. There is an audible crackle of electricity . . .
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June 12, 2008 10:11 PM EDT --
Early last summer, I had a life altering experience that has forever changed my concept of fatherhood. Last June my wife, Janie, was given the opportunity to take a Mediterranean cruise . . .
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October 01, 2007 11:34 PM EDT --
The movie -- starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson -- made nearly $23 million on its opening weekend!
The basic storyline involves a famous football star (played by the Rock) who find his life . . .
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June 15, 2008 12:23 AM EDT --
My mother died when I was eight. When Daddy came to tell me, I suffered a horror I never expected: I watched a grown man cry. It was more heart-breaking and frightening to experience . . .
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July 04, 2007 10:29 AM EDT --
Her beautiful, round belly has now become a burden, like Atlas' globe carried front-wise.
We lie in bed in the late afternoon. The low sun reflects off the surface of the lake outside . . .
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August 22, 2008 12:23 PM EDT --
What a great summer 2007 was! Here are a couple of shots of Sam last August, around 1 month old, wit h my husband and daughter.
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October 05, 2007 10:00 PM EDT --
Some days being a parent is tough. I find it's good to remind myself why I love being a mommy. Won't you share too? Just start your comment with "I love being a mommy because..." or "I . . .
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October 05, 2006 10:36 AM EDT --
When my kids were growing up, I didn't really dream of them becoming president of the United States, or changing the world with Nobel Prize-winning research (although I've always believed -- and . . .
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June 15, 2007 12:33 PM EDT --
My parents divorced when I was 6 and my father was gone for good at 8. I saw him a couple of times over the next 10 years or so. I have very few memories of him at all. He just felt he had to start a new . . .
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June 06, 2008 04:49 AM EDT --
My son recently bought a little black notebook similar to what the guys on " Law and Order " flip out to take notes on and read back statements from. It even says " EVIDENCE " across . . .
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July 23, 2008 03:34 PM EDT --
I used to be cool.
While my formative years were spent in geekish pursuits such as listening to heavy metal, playing Dungeons & Dragons and reading comic books, (which are all considerably . . .
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June 10, 2008 02:56 PM EDT --
Our daughter Madeline will be 2 on June 13. She has never slept through the night. She's usually up every three hours or so. It's really taken on toll on my wife and me (but mostly . . .
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June 12, 2008 02:16 PM EDT --
How did my daughter go from being this teeny-tiny little bean on the ultrasound screen to a vivacious, intelligent, sweet and beautiful 2 year old?
Here we are June 13, 2006. Madeline . . .
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March 03, 2009 12:30 AM EST --
Does every mother's heart leap when her son, full grown, walks into the room?
Does she stop and stare and think, "That's my big, beautiful boy?"
And does every mother's . . .
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February 10, 2007 02:08 AM EST --
I read today that Johnny Knoxville, of Jack*** fame, is getting divorced from his long-time wife. I don't remember how long he had been married, seems like it was about 15 years...which is a long time . . .
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December 10, 2006 07:46 PM EST --
A conversation with my unborn child
Began as a dream my wife had
She’s talking in her sleep now
In her third month
Still early
And we’re older
The doctors say there’s . . .
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May 30, 2007 01:35 PM EDT --
"Be not afeared", I says to my self.
Although I carry my worries on a well worn shelf.
The money it seems to go so fast!
How can I ever make it last?
Then there's my sons! . . .
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December 07, 2007 07:44 AM EST --
I have not written in awhile. When I am working for the city I do not have time. I wake up about 5 AM and try to comment with meaningful content on the articles in my group. That is . . .
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June 04, 2007 11:14 AM EDT --
Dads. They're teachers, role models, and so much more. We're paying tribute to dads and fatherhood in the Childhood Stories group, but we can't do it without you.
From now through Father's . . .
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