Posts Tagged ‘fatherhood’

A friend recently told me that my brain runs too fast analyzing what's being said and thinking of what to say next that it makes it hard for me to be a good listener. She's probably right. I had always thought that knowing exactly what to say at the right time is what sorted out [...]

I'm not one to celebrate a success before it's time. However, there are some goals that never really finish (like, "quit smoking", for example). Eventually we have to give ourselves some credit and move on to the next thing. So that's what I'm doing.
There will be hard days and there will be easy days and [...]

(Morgan supplied me with five words that reminded her of me to write about. Let me know if you'd like me to give you five words. )
Reverend
I include the word "Reverend" in my online Persona (which is really just regular ole me with a bit more courage). Many people have mistaken this to mean that [...]

I've slowly been intentionally revaluating my needs and desires, changing my expectations, and altering how I operate in order to find a way to live in greater harmony with the wants, desires, needs, and focuses of a young child as a single parent.
My practice (nor my theory) is anywhere close to perfect. But really, I [...]

I don't dare to say that anyone's life is perfect. Despite outward appearances, we all have hardships and difficulties. It's these very things that make the sweeter things sweet. However, Erin (of BlueBirdBaby) and her life continue to inspire me as an artist, a parent, a lover of nature, and a member of the human [...]

Last night was terrible. Im laying here awake thinking of it partly because it was so bad, but also because it's our last day together before my inlaws get here.
Despite a bad headache, a cranky girl, and a few other bad circumstances, we had a really good day until we got home. Then everything [...]

Yesterday evening started out terrible. I drove all the way home from Keller only to find out that I had the wrong date for the plans I was returning for. We wanted to see fireworks, there were 6 other people going including kids, and I'd ruined everything.
It took all my might to stay positive. [...]

It's so strange how having a child (or anyone important to you, I imagine) in your care can change the way you look at your entire life.
Specifically, I'm talking about my health. Medical and physical issues have long since been a source of severe irritation and, sometimes, incapacitation. In the past, I've been content to [...]

Writing really is theraputic, so I think I'll keep it up.
Last night was a nice break. I got to hang out and let go with some new people and that's really needed every now and then. Other people ended up staying later than I did but I just decided I was ready to go so [...]

(While this is, specifically, about raising children, the same basic struggle can be applied to nearly every action I take and every thought that runs through my brain. Internal conflict abounds.)
There is a fine line between letting a child be a child and letting a child run wild. Or, put another way, there is a [...]