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Reflections on everyday daddy stuff
Posted on March 21, 2016 by Leo
Claire: “Papi you wanna play wit me?” Me: “Not right now baby. We have to go to the grocery store, Costco, get gas, and pick up mommy’s medicine. Not to mention finish the laundry.” Claire: “Just 2 minutes Papi?” Me: “Maybe later.… Continue Reading “The To-Do List”
Category: being too busy, blessings, Catholic, distractions, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, fathers, growing up, home and family, living in the moment, Parenting, time management, UncategorizedTags: being too busy, Fatherhood, fathers, parenting, quality time with family, spending time with family, to-do lists
Posted on June 14, 2015 by Leo
The vacuum cleaner starts and Claire goes on alert. Claire stands by watching to see where I am going to go next. There is healthy mix of fear, excitement, and wonder as the vacuum zooms by. As I pass Claire retreats with a concerned… Continue Reading “Awe, Wonder & Fear: Vacuuming at our Home.”
Posted on May 13, 2015 by Leo
I was listening to the radio this morning and the weather folks were talking about how hot it’s supposed to get. High 80s they said. The radio announcers complained to the weather guy about so much heat. A week ago the same radio station… Continue Reading “Blessed”
Category: being thankful, blessings, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, UncategorizedTags: being thankful, blessings, country sheek, Fatherhood, radio announcer, wall art
Posted on August 4, 2014 by Leo
Recently at my church a young pregnant woman passed away. I won’t say how or names in order to keep their personal information private. I did not know this woman or her family, but they are a part of my faith family so it… Continue Reading “Fragile”
Category: complacency, death, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, fully alive, living, living in the moment, SufferingTags: death, Fatherhood, fully alive, living, living in the moment, parenting
Posted on July 13, 2014 by Leo
This a post from a fellow blogger Matthew Warner from his blog the Radical Life: http://theradicallife.org/willing-to-watch. This is a great post and one I’ve been wanting to write about. Enjoy! I have the privilege of taking my son to his Taekwondo class every… Continue Reading “Willing to Watch”
Category: children, distractions, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, Parenting, UncategorizedTags: cell phones, Children, distractions, enjoying the moment, Fatherhood, fathers, Matthew Warner
Posted on May 7, 2014 by Leo
As a Youth Minister I have come to see that 95% of the issues many kids have are in one way or another related to daddy issues. Whenever I have a kid come to me about drugs, behavioral, social, spiritual, sexual and or emotional… Continue Reading “A New Tradition”
Category: children, daughters, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, Parenting, youth ministryTags: Children, dates, Fatherhood, fathers, new traditions, parenting
Claire had her first Thanksgiving this year and she got to meet some family members she hadn’t met before. Claire had some other firsts besides Thanksgiving and family: She started waving her hands to say hi and bye and if you listen carefully enough… Continue Reading “Switching Car Seats”
Posted on November 14, 2013 by Leo
Right now you are reading this blog that I wrote a few days ago. Right now you are processing this sentence. That moment has passed and you are now left with this moment. Have you ever realized that ‘now’ is all we really have?… Continue Reading “Now: the duty of the moment.”
The last couple of weeks I’ve noticed that my wife and I have been unable to spend a lot of quality time together. Claire is such a gift and we love her to death, but taking care of her leaves us exhausted. There are… Continue Reading “Mommy Daddy Time”
Category: date night, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, God, husband and wife, Parenting, UncategorizedTags: Date Night, Fatherhood, God, Grimm, husband and wife, Marriage, parenting, relationship, relationships, romance
Posted on October 2, 2013 by Leo
I was talking to a friend the other day about trying to get things done when I have Claire with me and how impossible this seems. I shared that the Saturdays when my wife is working and I am home alone I can’t mow,… Continue Reading “Time-free-carelessness”
Category: dying to self, enjoying the moment, fatherhood, fathers, God, Parenting, patience, surrenderingTags: being, enjoying the moment, Matthew Kelly, relaxing
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