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Mocha Dad Goes Camping

Okay. I did it. I went camping. Not the air conditioned cabin type of camping. I’m talking about the sleeping on the ground in a tent kind of camping. I know you’re surprised. So am I. But when my five year old son, N, looked at me with those big brown eyes and begged to [...]

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Surviving Hurricane Ike

We have survived Hurricane Ike. I’m thankful that no one was hurt and that we suffered minimal property damaged. Many Texans were not so lucky. I wrote an earlier post about our hurricane preparations. Things were fairly calm then. As the day progressed, the situation quickly deteriorated. My house was full of people – my [...]

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Hurricane Ike Approaches

I hate hurricanes. I was born and raised in Texas and have also lived in Florida for several years, so I’ve dealt with these storms all of my life. Every June through November, I, along with millions of Gulf Coast residents, go into high alert. But no matter how many hurricanes you’ve experienced, you never [...]

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