What are you supposed to do and feel on Memorial Day? There are conflicting opinions as to what this day should be about. On one hand it’s a celebration. Barbecues, cookouts, parades, the unofficial start to summer…Memorial Day is festive, no doubt about it. But on the other hand, some people think there should be [...] [...]
Today is my mom’s birthday, which gets overshadowed by Mother’s Day every single year. Then when I got married and became a father, her special days were obscured even more by the fact that Mother’s Day became mostly about MJ (and rightfully so). And unfortunately, since I’m pretty broke these days, I don’t have a [...] [...]
I think it was something like 15 hours after Will was born that my grandmother called and wanted to know when we planned on having another one. She was kidding. Kind of. Not really. MJ and I always planned on having two kids. Ideally they’d be about three years apart because we never wanted to [...] [...]
When I married MJ, one of the perks was gaining a whole new kick ass family. And since I never had a little sister, MJ’s cousins Shelby and Mackenzie slid into that role. Mackenzie has been off at college for a few years, but Shelby is 17 and getting ready to graduate high school so [...] [...]
It is with a happy heart that I get to announce that my brother Nate is engaged! That’s right, the keeper of the Daddy Files web site is off the market. He asked his wonderful girlfriend Melissa to marry him and she said yes this afternoon. My brother does all the upkeep on this site [...] [...]
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