I’m standing over my son’s bed, and I start crying. I think: he’s alive.It’s a weird emotion for me. My wife and son were in a car accident today coming home from school. Everyone was OK. The car wasn’t. People lived, items didn’t. It worked out how it was supposed to. But my seven-year-old is scared. He’s waking up as soon as he falls asleep. He’s crying because he’s scared.“I want momma,” his voice cracks.“Momma’s got to sleep too,” I answer. “She was also in the car accident and she’s hurt too. You both need to rest.”My wife is as hurt as my son: shaken, scared, but alive. … [Read more...]
Best Cars for Dads: Get ‘New Car Smart’ with Kelley Blue Book
Disclosure: This article is a sponsored post on behalf of Life of Dad and Kelley Blue Book. I have received compensation for this post; however, all opinions stated are my own.If you had to buy a new car today, how would you go about it?I had a crash course on how to do it right at the Kelley Blue Book headquarters in southern California recently. I learned how its editors review cars and, needless to say, they do it way better than I do.They aren’t like the guys on shows like Top Gear who push cars to the edge of their performance. Instead, they buckle down (and in) to learn how … [Read more...]