Creative Minority Report is one of the blogs that I absolutely have to visit every day. Not only does it have one of the best layouts, it has writing you just don’t want to miss. So how I missed this one two days ago, I don’t know. But thanks to Jay at Pro Ecclesia (one [...]
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We had to arrange our schedule to make sure we were back for orientation at our kid’s school. It was one of the best orientations I’ve been too. Well, each parent is given a handbook, and on the first page is a prayer that I’d like to share. O Father of humankind,Who has given me [...]
My better half and our youngest We were married 16 years ago. They have been 16 joy filled years. God has blessed me in so many ways, not least of which is my loving spouse. I don’t know where I would be without her, but it doubt it would be very good. To my dearest [...]
It is funny when little gaps between generations show up. One of our phones is a VoIP phone that relies on high speed Internet access. Well our ISP was having some trouble today (that seems to be fixed). So when my daughter said the phone was not working, it did not cause any alarm. So [...]
This is part two of my three part series. Part one (Maggie) can be found here. After thinking about Mathew’s request for birth on Catholic Dads, my first thought was that the stories weren’t that interesting. But then my mind went back to the time when each child was in the womb and their birth, [...]
Mathew S at Catholic Dads was asking about birth stories, and I thought these would make a good set of posts in light of Fathers Day yesterday. Maggie was our first, we had a virtually trouble free pregnancy. We did all of the Lamaze classes, which I hated. I thought the breathing exercises were good, [...]
I would bet that many of you who were raised Catholic can remember getting the cardboard “rice bowls” at Lent (I don’t remember seeing them in a while). The nuns at my school would make sure that each of us had one. I remember sacrificing just a bit to fill that bowl. As an adult, [...]
OC Register – Dad tackles man photographing daughter Check out this news item. The reporter asks if the father is a hero or over protective. My question is whether the reporter is nuts for asking the question that way. The dad was appropriately protecting his kid. Seems pretty brave to me though.
Click on picture for larger image My son made his first communion last Saturday. I wanted to post on this earlier, but I didn’t for a couple reasons. One reason was that I am swamped. The second is that I have more than just joy to share. First the part that was less joyful. The [...]
Click on picture for larger image At Catholic Dads, there has been some discussions on the pluses and minuses of NFP (Natural Family Planning – for those who don’t know it is an effective way to plan when children are born without resorting to artificial contraceptives). I don’t want to comment directly on that discussion, [...]
Click on picture for larger image Check out this 2003 article in Touchstone titled “The Truth About Men & Church.” It is about the role of fathers in the transmission of faith. Here is an excerpt: “In short, if a father does not go to church, no matter how faithful his wife’s devotions, only one [...]
Click on picture for larger image Saturday in So Cal was overcast – we call it June gloom (even when it isn’t June – what do you want, we’re nuts, remember). So the family packed it in, dog and all, and headed east to the mountains (about 15 miles away). Being further inland the overcast [...]
Some of the guys online were duking it out about masculinity in the Catholic blogosphere – I am not so interested in that debate, but I have noticed that while there is a substantial community of Catholic Mom blogs (many are quite good), there isn’t really any cohesion for us dads. So I wanted to [...]
Click on picture for larger image I don’t usually put up pix of the kids unless there is a special occasion, but I wanted to share Gracie’s 4 month picture. My wife took this shot. I’m not sure if it is the subject, photographer or both, but I like it!
Click on picture for larger image This story is only a few months old, and it happened to my wife when she was still pregnant with Gracie. My wife is a part-time music teacher at our kids Catholic school. Well, the school was looking for a new kindergarten teacher, and my wife recommended our neighbor/friend [...]
Click on picture for larger image We moved to Atlanta from So Cal when my boy was 2 years old. I had a huge opportunity and if the market had gone differently we would have been set financially. God had other plans, and we eventually moved back to So Cal. But this story is about [...]
Click on picture for a larger image. Yesterday, my boy went to Confession for the first time. I wish I had the camera as he opened the door to go in, turned, and gave us one last look. I hope I remember that for a good long time. This year we have had a baptism, [...]
Well, the baptism went very well on Sunday. Gracie is now grace filled. She was awake during the entire mass, but then was out like a light the rest of the day. We very much enjoyed sharing the day with family and the entire community. The celebration afterwards was wonderful. My cousin Jerry came. He [...]
Hurrah! Tomorrow is Gracie’s last day as a heathen. Yes she has gone through CRIB (Christian Right of Initiation for Babies) and is set to be baptized at mass tomorrow morning. Prayers are welcome as she joins our larger Catholic Christian family. I’ll let you all know how it turns out.
Click on picture to view larger image. Well, I am expecting, hoping, and praying that 2007 is ready for a personal upswing. So far it looks like I am losing a client as they eliminate the team I have been working with, another of my clients is eliminating a sizable project, my brother has gotten [...]
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