What I’m trying not to miss at this stage of fatherhood.
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When putting in the work pays off
What an amazing thing to get to see your child put in the work and watch it pay off.
The Minivan Chronicles: Where the Magic Happens
Drive-Time Diaries: Life Lessons from the Front Seat
Trusting the process
…and other first day of school vibes.
Matching Energy
My family tends to bring the best out of me, even when I’m not at my best.
Black to the Woods
How a weekend camping with two other black families led to healing and restoration.
The citizen project
Instead of asking who deserves to be a citizen, maybe we should ask: What does citizenship require of me?
A dream (not) deferred…
One of my favorite poems from my youth is the Langston Hughes classic that reads: What happens to a dream deferred?Does it dry upLike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore–And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over–like a syrupy sweet?Maybe it just sagslike a heavy load.Or does it…
Freedom ain’t free
I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs. – Frederick Douglass
Life is magical. Don’t miss it.
Magic isn’t the absence of mess. It’s what flickers in the middle of it.
everyday fatherhood 