Tag: Fatherhood
Posted on August 19, 2016
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My family and I are moving to a new house in the next week. Needless to say we are in full-blown packing mode. We have only lived in our current house for a little over 3 years and it is amazing how much stuff… Continue Reading “Stuff”
Category: being a man, best self, cleansing, fatherhood, getting rid of junk, home and family, letting go of the past, moving, packing, UncategorizedTags: dealing with issues, Fatherhood, getting rid of junk, Home and Family, letting go of the past, moving
Posted on August 2, 2016
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Last year I wrote about my discernment on whether or not to conceal carry. Here is the post if you are interested: Babies, Guns and Jesus. After the experience mentioned in that post I did a lot of thinking, praying and discussing with my… Continue Reading “Train”
Category: being a man, Catholic, christianity, conceal carry, fatherhood, fighting, guns, holiness, manhood, prayer, protecting family, training, UncategorizedTags: being a man, catholic, Christianity, conceal carry, Fatherhood, fathers, guns, holiness, manhood, prayer, protecting family, training
Posted on June 17, 2016
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Me: “Hey hun, do you want some i-c-e-c-r-e-a-m after Claire goes down?” Wife: “Sure. Do we have v-a-n-i-l-l-a or c-h-o-c-o-l-a-t-e?” This has become the way we communicate in our household when we are referring to certain sensitive subjects that could cause our 3 year… Continue Reading “S-p-e-l-l-I-t-O-u-t”
Category: Catholic, children, fatherhood, fathers, home and family, language, UncategorizedTags: catholic, communicating with your spouse, Fatherhood, fathers, Home and Family, parenting
Posted on June 2, 2016
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Social media has been blowing up about what happened this past week in the Cincinnati Zoo. If you haven’t heard, a 3-year old boy fell into the silverback gorilla enclosure and was greeted by a 450lbs male named Harambe, The gorilla dragged the little… Continue Reading “The Gorilla and the Boy”
Category: Catholic, children, dignity, fatherhood, human dignity, sacred, sacredness of human life, UncategorizedTags: cincinnati zoo, dignity, dignity of human life, Fatherhood, gorilla, Harambe, prolife, sacredness of humanity
Posted on May 11, 2016
by Leo
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I usually get home around 6pm after picking up my daughter from preschool or the babysitters. Claire and I usually arrive home ravenous. Well…I am mostly ravenous. Claire gets a snack right before I pick her up. Lucky. As soon as we walk into… Continue Reading “The TV Conundrum”
Category: children, dads, fatherhood, healthy living, home and family, kids and television, television, UncategorizedTags: Children, Fatherhood, fathers, healthy living, Home and Family, kids and television, parenting, television
Posted on April 13, 2016
by Leo
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This year the outdoor project our family wanted to tackle was rebuilding the flowerbeds we inherited when we bought the house 3 years ago. These flowerbeds were pretty terrible. Weeds reigned without consequences. The landscape beams that were supposed to contain the flowers were… Continue Reading “Pretty Flowers”
Category: children, children's perspective, daughters, fatherhood, fathers, home improvements, landscaping, Parenting, perspective, UncategorizedTags: daughter, Fatherhood, fathers, flowers, parenting, perspective, seen the world as a child does
Posted on March 21, 2016
by Leo
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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 February 24, 2016
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3am on a Wednesday. Daughter is crying and sick. 3:01am. Daughter is still crying and sick. I realize my wife isn’t home so lying in bed to allow her compassionate side to cave and take care of the baby isn’t going to work. Claire… Continue Reading “Sick Day”
Category: christianity, dads, fatherhood, fathers, fever, home and family, medicine, Sick kids, UncategorizedTags: daughter, dealing with sick kids, Fatherhood, fever, medicine, sick day, sick kid, sick kids, Tylenol
Posted on February 15, 2016
by Leo
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A couple of weeks ago my wife told me about this “Daddy-Daughter-Dance” that our local YMCA was putting together. It was going to be a two-hour event where we would dress up, get our picture taken, make crafts, eat snacks, dance and get an… Continue Reading “Twirling”
Category: Catholic, christianity, daddy date, daddy daughter dance, dads, daughters, fatherhood, fathers, Parenting, UncategorizedTags: daddy date, daddy daughter dance, dads, dancing, daughter, Fatherhood, fathers, YMCA
Posted on January 24, 2016
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Snowmaggedon 2016 has come and gone and we have survived. We have shoveled our way out of 20+ inches of snow, which depending where you are in the world may be laughable. Here in the good ole state of Virginia, 5 inches is enough… Continue Reading “Let Them See”
Category: being a good example, children, church, dad and the kids, fatherhood, holiness, home and family, Uncategorized, working togetherTags: Children, Fatherhood, holiness, parenting, role model, serving others, snowmaggedon2016
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