Last night my wife took the baby and slept in the guest room. I woke up 9 hours of uninterrupted sleep later, oblivious to their absence but well rested. When I rolled over, it was the first time I realized that they were gone and I quickly figured out what had happened. Smiling, I went…
Author: Samuel Wakefield
The need for grace
Let’s face it, parenthood can be a tough endeavor. We all should cut ourselves and each other some slack from time to time, and instead of judging one another spend time uplifting each other. Because at the end of the day, probably what our society needs more than anything is empathy. Our children will only…
Survival of the fittest
So here’s the scene…I’m sitting on the floor upstairs in the loft area, London our newest baby girl is lying next to me on a little throw blanket, and I’m surrounded by 5 baskets full of clothes. Well, at least the baskets were full before Riley and Olivia thought it was a good idea to…
The new normal: fathering 3 girls
Yesterday we had an interesting conversation over breakfast and it went something like this: My wife: Olivia, no back talk, do you understand? Riley: What about front talk mommy? My wife: What’s front talk Riley? Riley: I don’t know. At that point, my wife and I both looked at each other laughing, because clearly neither did we,…
The Arrival of London…
8:28 am We arrived at the hospital this morning, (only 15 minutes late) for our scheduled 7:00am induction. After settling in (me), getting hooked up to machines and monitors (mommy), it’s go time (all of us!). I’ll be capturing most of my thoughts throughout the day but I had to start off with a few…
Awesome imagination
I just had the coolest conversation with my 5 year old that perfectly depicts both the innocence of childhood and the most valuable asset that kids have: their imagination. I came upstairs to see what she was up to (it had been about 20 minutes since her younger sister came upstairs post-nap, yet I hadn’t…
Embracing Seasons
A few days ago when I woke up it was 60 degrees, which is unusual given that it’s still the dog days of summer in Atlanta. As I buckled the girls into their carseats on this cool morning, I thought to myself, man it feels like autumn. And then I got lost thinking about what the return…
Pausing for the Cause: Parent Empowerment in Action
If you’re like me, your weekly schedule is jam packed, running from one obligation to the next as I try to balance the various commitments of marriage, fatherhood, work, and civic duties (in that order by the way). Especially since school started back last week, it’s taken some time getting used to the new pace…
School Daze…
Goodbye summer, I hate to see you go. I wasn’t ready for the Autumn winds to blow… Today, children across Metro Atlanta go back to school. Among those children will be my oldest daughter (Riley), attending public school as a kindergartener, and my youngest daughter (Olivia) attending private pre-k at the same school that Riley…
Simplify
Yesterday I started reading the book Simplify by Bill Hybels (a good read that I encourage any parent, fathers in particular to pick up). The book asks, are you over scheduled, exhausted, overwhelmed? That certainly sounds familiar to me. If so, Hybels encourages readers that life won’t simplify itself, it’s up to us to act. Who…
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