DISCLOSURE: This post is sponsored by Huggies® diapers and wipes.Eight p.m. – clock out time. This used to mean coming home for dinner, catching up on television shows or a movie. But these days, it’s a little different. Once I leave work, I have to get pumped up for my daily game of “Catch Me If You Can.”Now that our growing 11-month old son is mobile, the days of sitting him in his car seat or bouncer are long gone. We’ve child-proofed our home: edge cushions for furniture, electrical outlet covers, we keep more doors closed, and use baby gates for stairs to insure his safety in … [Read more...]
I am a Son, I am a Dad – Our Story
“Son, I’m proud of you.I will never forget the day I heard those words come out of my dad's mouth.As a teenager and a young man, I couldn’t tell if my dad loved me or not. He did, but I was too caught up on me to realize it -- even at obvious times. I used to think I wasn’t good enough and had failed him as his child. I wasn’t the star athlete nor did I excel in school. I didn’t want to work or have the work ethic he did and it seemed like all he wanted me to do was work. All he asked me to do, I didn’t do so there was quite a bit of punishment going around. So basically, I had … [Read more...]