The Daily Dad Blog
Hannah’s adoption. And some fishy news.
So, since you wanted to know, no, Hannah's adoption did not go through earlier this week. The judge didn't show ...
Read More Finding craziness in the world’s sanity
The cat is meowing, the sun is shining and the children are across the way, at the park, playing in ...
Read More Hannah’s adoption is official. Today. We hope.
Today, April 8, 2013, is, we hope, the day we finally get Hannah’s adoption approved. We have been here before, ...
Read More Liz is 9. She’s making a difference. This is her message.
A child is just a child, you say, and when I was younger my own father would make a point ...
Read More Why slowing down matters
He was a hard-working man, which isn’t the worst, except that he worked so hard and so long and his ...
Read More A different sort of Easter bunny story
We’ve heard the story so many times – Jesus died, Jesus rose from the dead – that we think we ...
Read More The prayer of all prayers
It was in the garden where he talked to his Father. ‘Abba,’ he said, which is to say, ‘Daddy.’ ‘Daddy, ...
Read More If you could ask the Master anything, but anything …
We were talking about talking animals, the type that talk in Narnia. To think that a horse or a fawn ...
Read More Motorcycle Man is one cool friend
Friends can be funny. Just when you think you know the sort of friend that is best for your kids, ...
Read More How to bless (and curse) the children
It was late and I was at Liz’s bedside. It was dark. A quiet moment. Her eyes were more closed ...
Read More Jon, my son, Mister Potato Head
‘Daddy, Daddy!’ It’s Jon. He’s really excited. He’s harvested his potatoes. ‘Look at this one. It’s as big as the ...
Read More Almighty Dad and our tears in his bottle
It was early morning and you were crying. We were all in a mad rash heading out the door for school. ...
Read More Women, ladies and Sexy Lady. Hannah, don’t ask.
The pressure is on for me to tell Hannah, our youngest, about the Birds and the Bees. It all started ...
Read More We’re Mennonite. Which way to Switzerland?
It’s bedtime. The issue of Catholics and Protestants comes up, like we just dropped into the 16th century. That moves ...
Read More The cat and his girlfriend – ‘We need our space.’
Jon: Where’s the cat? Me: I don’t know. He's on one of his long absences. Jon: At his girlfriend's? Me: ...
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