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Life has not been kind to my dad. He's faced some tough situations that no one should have to deal with. He's not perfect, but he is authentic.

I love this quick and easy to make chocolate eclair cake recipe. Its a favorite of my wife’s family. My mother-in-law taught me how to make it and now I’m sharing it with you! Its perfect for any family get together and something your kids can help with preparing too! Ingredients: 1 8oz Container of Cool […]

Let’s get a few things straight. No doctor or nurse is going to get my child in an exam room and talk to them privately, until they are old enough to confidently take care of themselves. Seriously, my one year old has a pretty limited vocabulary confined to things like being hungry or wanting to […]

Disclosure: I partnered with Cardstore from American Greetings and Life of Dad, LLC for the #WorldsToughestJob Dad Casting Father’s Day promotion and was compensated for my involvement. Fatherhood is full of unscripted moments. I laugh when I think of this because images of all sorts of accidents and misadventures from my childhood come to mind. […]

I wanted to be the perfect dad. I wanted everything to be right. I was scared to death that I would screw something up, break him or drop the baby. That's not happened yet, so I count it as a win!

I got to attend a live broadcast taping of the local Chicago daytime show Windy City Live that airs weekdays from 11am – 12pm on ABC 7. Monday’s show theme was “1st Class Dads.” Melvin (of GuinnTribe) met me at my place early Monday morning and we took the train downtown. We arrived at the […]

I opened a blog over at Medium. Right now it’s just a place for me to re-share some of my favorite blog posts from the past. If you are a Medium user, please subscribe. If not, go check it out. The layout of the site is quite different and there are a lot of great […]

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I received compensation for participating in this promotion. Mother’s Day is only a few days away! Thanks to the automatic video editing app Magisto you could be getting the mom in your life flowers for free. It was recently featured on Katie Couric show. Watch the video below: Here is […]

I’m writing this as you are sleeping on my chest as an almost 13 month old. I love you. I love you more than I even understood it was possible to love someone before I was a parent. I only want what is best for you and for you to have a happy life. When […]

What I miss most about my church attending days is the community.