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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

This past Sunday during service our pastor issued a challenge: see if you can notice God’s faithfulness in your life.  And when you do, start building memorials to the instances where you catch God’s goodness in action.  So over the past few days, I’ve been doing just that.  At first it was easy (and fun),…

Do you have a vision for your family’s future? If so, how are you working towards it each day? As my wife and I prepare to expand our family, I’ve been thinking more and more about the vision that we have for our family.  We started with an end destination in mind, but I’ve got…

Today was the girls first swimming lessons, and from the looks of things they’re falling in line right with their personalities.  Except, not really. Riley we’ve always known is the rule follower.  I could tell as I watched her listen attentively to the directions of her swim instructor, intense, hanging on her every word.  She…

How do you explain a senseless, racist tragedy to an innocent child?  This is one of the many responsibilities of fatherhood that sometimes weigh heavy on me.  Though far overshadowed by the joys, there is a price tag to being an engaged father. Frequently it means getting out of my comfort zone and doing something…