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I hope I have at least another 20 years before my daughter ties the knot with a man worthy of her heart.   I was extremely lucky to find my wife and truly believe that God picked her for me.  When the time comes I hope God picks a good husband …

An interesting story was re-reported by UPI that made me want to stand up and clap for the state of Texas.  In Texas a hearing will be held to determine whether to remove a pregnant woman,  Marlise Munoz from life support.    Marlise has been determined to be brain dead.  Apparently …

I remember my brother mentioning to me how he wanted to be the parent that supported teachers with their decisions rather than challenge them every time his child disagreed with something, or they received a bad grade.  It can be tough to be a parent these days.  For some reason …

“Mom, there is wrestling sign ups tomorrow.  Can girls wrestle mom?”, my daughter asked. “Umm technically they can wrestle”, said my wife with a vague nervous tone (you could tell my wife didn’t want to necessarily encourage the idea). My daughter then turns to me and asks, “Dad can I …

Back in the Day My mother and father were always very conservative in the way they dressed.  In turn, their children dressed conservative.  It was easy for my brother and I as boys don’t really dress skimpy for attention and if we did it would just be weird.  A shirt …

An Army brother of mine shared a picture that not only brought tears to my eyes but got me thinking about how much the majority of this country takes for granted.  The picture was of a little boy spending time with his father.  The reason this picture just broke my …

School has changed a bit in 30 years.  My son had already met his teacher before school had started.  It’s a great idea but when did that start happening? My son saw the classroom, met his teacher, found his locker, and located his cubby all before kindergarten started. Believe it …

As I was doing some show prep for the American Dad Podcast I came across an article that discussed how a mom made her two children make their lunches each morning before school.   The woman’s child asked all of her friends if they had to make their lunch but none …

When I was a Kid “When I was a kid” is the most classic phrase ever spoken by anyone…ever.  Well I am going to use it because it fits nicely into my story and even more to the point I want to make. So when I was a kid mothers …

As I write this the school is only days away from starting again.  Summer is coming to a close and I almost feel as if I didn’t do enough with my family.  I get the thoughts of, ” If I only had more time this summer we could have done …