March 2009

Know Where You Came From

I recently started a project to chronicle our family’s history. It started as a labor of love for my children, but it has grown into something much more satisfying. My project began when I discovered that no one in our family could find any photographs of my maternal grandmother. She was a strong, determined, powerfully [...]

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10 Signs Your Children Are Brats

No child is born a brat, but they are prone to bratty behavior. Even my kids regress into brats periodically. For those parents who are unsure if your children are brats, here are 10 signs to look for: They resort to crying or yelling when they want something. They throw themselves on floor and won’t [...]

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Ultimate Blog Party: 25 Things

Hello, fellow family bloggers. Thanks for joining me in 5minutesformom’s huge blog party. I’m honored to be one of the dad bloggers invited to the party. So if you came to party with me, here are 25 things about Mocha Dad that you need to know: I have lived in six states and the District [...]

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99 Cups of Kool-Aid

While driving in the car with my children, Nee and N, I broke into a rousing rendition of “99 Cups of Kool-Aid (sung to the tune of 99 Bottles of Beer).” Around the 96th cup, N joined in to form a gleeful duo. N and I were having a grand ole time, but Nee was [...]

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The Secret to Happiness

Thousands of books have been written on the secret of happiness, but Alexander Chalmers has summed it up in a simple sentence: The three grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for. — Alexander Chalmers I would like to share the ways that these essentials have worked [...]

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Reading is Fundamental

My 1-year old son, X, has a board book that he loves and I’m beginning to hate. It’s called 123s by Sia Aryai. Here is the entire text: 1 – One Slide 2 – Two Wagons 3 – Three Buckets 4 – Four Carriages 5 – Five Dolls 6 – Six Blocks 7 – Seven [...]

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First Love

The other day, my son, N, was looking a little distraught. My wife, KayEm, asked him what was wrong. “A girl at my school said I was ugly.” “Don’t pay any attention to what that girl said,” KayEm responded. “She was just being mean. Do you think you’re ugly? “Of course not,” he said. “I’m [...]

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Wednesday Wisdom – The Heart of a Father

Here is a quote that really touched my heart. I hope it will do the same to yours. Until you have a son of your own… you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son. You will never know the [...]

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