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The Live-in Boyfriend, The Monkey, and The Books

For much of my life, we had no TV. When we finally got one, it was a tiny black and white set with a wire hanger antenna and broken knobs. Therefore, my main form of entertainment was reading. I loved going to the comic book store with my cousin. We’d spend hours perusing the boxes [...]

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Fear and Loathing and the First Day of School

“I’m scared!” My daughter Nee shrieked. “I’m scared!” Tears poured down her face as her body trembled. My wife K tried to console her, but nothing worked. It was as if Nee were in a fear-induced trance. “What’s wrong, Nee?” K asked again and again. “Tell, Mommy so I can help you.” After several more [...]

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Wade in The Water

My 8-year-old daughter, Nee, was recently baptized. She decided to be a Christian during summer Vacation Bible School and informed her mother and me that she wanted to be baptized. When Nee let us know about her decision, K and I sat with her to discuss the importance of her choice. We also wanted make [...]

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Dirty Diapers and the Male Anatomy

As I was in the midst of changing my 1-year-old son’s malodorous diaper, my 8-year-old daughter, Nee, walked in and asked, “What’cha doin’?” I intended to say, “I’m being poisoned by killer baby poop.” Instead, I said, “I’m changing X’s diaper. Would you care to help?” “No,” she said. “I can’t change his diaper.” “Why [...]

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The New Girl

My 8-year-old daughter, Nee, will be starting a new school next fall and I think she’s feeling a bit anxious. “I don’t want to be the new girl,” she said as she sat drawing at the kitchen table. This statement was not usual because Nee is extremely shy and doesn’t make friends easily. Of course, [...]

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Father’s Day 2009: The Day I Became a Father

Being a father is the most rewarding and challenging job a man can have. God blessed me with my first child eight years ago. I was frightened and inexperienced and stumbled through the first few months until I gained my bearings. Since then, my wife, KayEm, and I have had two more children and I [...]

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This Chicken Tastes Terrible

As I’ve mentioned before, I do most of the cooking in my household. Every evening, I rush home to prepare a hot, nutritious meal for my family. The other night, I prepared some broiled chicken with a lemon glaze. I was quite proud of my dish because it was quick and easy to make. The [...]

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Mean Girls

My daughter, Nee, is such a sweet little girl: pretty, smart, and well-mannered. She is also painfully shy and finds it difficult to make friends. That’s why it breaks my heart that most of her “friends” have turned out to be mean girls. One day Nee and her friends are all happily playing Ring-Around-The-Rosey. The [...]

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Talking About Alcohol

My wife, K, and I had to have a talk about alcohol with our 8-year-old daughter, Nee. We realized that Nee was quite naïve about the topic after she attended a wedding reception. While waiting in line to get some hors d’oeuvres, Nee noticed another line and asked K what the people were waiting for. [...]

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Fatherhood Friday: Second Grade Spelling Challenge

Fatherhood Friday is both a day and a growing community of dads and moms sharing stories, ideas, photos and movies with one topic in mind – fatherhood. In a world that seems happy to deliver a message that dads are incapable buffoons, Dad Blogs is committed to changing that perception. The reality is, as we [...]

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An Artistic Journey

One Sunday afternoon, my daughter, Nee, drew this portrait of me. It’s a striking resemblance isn’t it? We often sit at the kitchen table and draw pictures together. Sometimes we draw each other. Here is my drawing of her. Other times, we draw fantastical scenes with fairies, dinosaurs, puppies and superheroes. If we can think [...]

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Not So Easy Rider

My daughter, Nee, has finally learned how to ride her bike. It took two parents, one aunt, one godmother, one grandparent and one little brother to make the bike riding lessons sink in. Nee avoided riding her bike for months because she didn’t want to deal with the inevitability of my removing her training wheels. [...]

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Happy Birthday Nee

My daughter Nee just celebrated her 8th birthday. Because her birthday coincided with Easter, she had and extra special weekend. She began the celebration by visiting the Children’s Museum with a few of her friends. Next, it was Happy Meals at McDonald’s (she really wanted one of the “Aliens vs Monsters” toys). Later, her grandparents [...]

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Wednesday Wisdom: The Greatest Gift

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me. – Jim Valvano I have always been tenaciously goal-oriented. In grade school, I made the honor roll each quarter, I was the first in my family to graduate from college, and I have achieved relative success in my career. [...]

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Fatherhood Fragments: Featuring Nee

At school, Nee was assigned a project to develop a new product. My budding marketing genius came up with Flight Sprite. One drink will give you incredible power to soar the skies like an eagle. I can’t wait until it’s in production. * * * * * * * Nee came running down the stairs [...]

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