Half of a Tank
I got my first car and I was driving around the city. It had amazing mileage and my father stated, “Never let your gas tank go below a...
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“Life doesn’t come with an instruction book, that’s why we have fathers.” - H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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Are You Running the Place Yet?
I remember my dad asking me that as I told him I was at work and didn’t have much time to talk. He had just purchased a new phone because...
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Equipped for Independence
I cook, I clean, I can change a tire because my dad was raising a strong independent woman. Not because he didn’t want me to ever get...
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Cheers!
It’s the last day of the year and I have to say one of my favorite times of the year. I always enjoy looking back over the last 12 months...
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Do You Play with Video Games?
Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the...
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Always Caring
My mother loved apple pancakes from a long standing house of pancake establishment where we resided. And on Saturdays, if dad wasn’t...
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Let Her Go To the Party
Can I go to the Y-Party? That was often my phrase on Wednesday for the fun taking place on Friday when I was in the 7th and 8th grade. I...
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Serving Others
My dad spotted the homeless man before I did, as I sat on the porch playing with the latest gadget. My mother was in the kitchen making...
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Family Meetings
“Family meeting tomorrow morning at 9:00am” that’s what dad said as I was walking upstairs to climb into bed. My parents worked, both of...
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Dads Protect.
I was bullied. It was the 5th grade, always during the multiplication quizzes and this went on for weeks. I had no clue why this new girl...
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Be Intentional
My sisters were in high school when my dad would wake them up on every other Saturday to go into the city. Not for volunteer work. Not to...
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Can You See the Ground?
Can you see the ground? That’s what my dad asked me as I pulled up to a stop light with a car in front of me. I was 14 and not yet...
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No Guts, No Glory
A friend wants to start a business and an opportunity to quit her job came around. She would make more money than she was making now, and...
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Be the Protector, but No Ultimatums
My father was very protective. He stood on the porch when friends came over to visit, arms folded, legs wide, squared up in authority. He...
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Stranded.
There I was standing on the south side of Chicago, with a flower on my white shorts that I precisely cut to not show my behind. Stranded....
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Happy Father’s Day!
To all the fathers who work tirelessly to provide, support, and care for their families. It is your love, kindness and unwavering...
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Memorial Day Memories
It’s Memorial Day and we thank and honor every active and non-active military member for their service and sacrifice to this country....