The Daily Dad Blog
Remember the signs
It is difficult to leave, to walk out the door onto the road and all that uncertainty, to leave the ...
Read More Open hands. Open hearts. It’s Christmas.
Today’s post is a wish for a blessed Christmas for you and yours, a wish for peace and joy ...
Read More Elizabeth, meet Elizabeth
“Hey! So how is fatherhood going?” “It’s picking up,” he told me. “Hah! Well said!” Which goes to show that ...
Read More The Pope is cool. He’s like a grandpa. Long live the Pope.
Hannah says "The Pope is cool” and Liz says “He’s like a grandpa.” Which means that he would have to ...
Read More Mary and Christmas carols in Africa
‘Where does everyone go at Christmas?’ I asked, and all the African kids yelled 'Home!' and that’s how it started, ...
Read More The children here are disappearing
The children of Uganda are disappearing. And it’s hard to know where they are going. I have written about this ...
Read More The news of the week is good news
The news of the week is good news. Our family friend, Dorothy, a Ugandan who has filled this space from ...
Read More Single Daddin’ It with a hope in hell
So, the Children’s Mother is gone AGAIN (do you have your ticket for tomorrow's gala?) and I’m Single Daddin’ It ...
Read More Fear and childbirth in Uganda
It’s morning and the sun is up, shining on the mud, and Zak, the dog, has left his bright orange ...
Read More A gala you won’t forget. A prayer (I hope) you remember.
Before you read today’s post, please set aside a few minutes to view this remarkable link. It’s on the war ...
Read More (More) Turkish Delight (with a magic genie lamp this time)
I’m back in Africa. But let’s go back just a few days. Hey, there’s a guy balancing four wine glasses, ...
Read More The boy in the striped pajamas, and a 12-year-old girl
We were sitting around the couch the other evening and Liz, all 12 years of her, like she was pulling ...
Read More Dad, shutting down? What?!
It was early, today, morning coffee at the kids’ school, and I missed most of it because work (WORK!) got ...
Read More My son lost his shorts. (But we’re still fine parents.)
So, the boy arrived home from the school this week wearing his swimsuit. He had lost his shorts. And those ...
Read More Simple pleasures
It’s Saturday morning in Africa and some of us, jet-lagged, are sleeping in. At least to the extent that’s possible ...
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