About Tommy Riles

Tom Riles is a husband, father, and original founder of Life of Dad, the largest community of dads in the world. Riles is also the long-time audience warm-up comedian for “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” in addition to hundreds of other TV shows in Los Angeles. Riles started the Life of Dad community from a hospital room as his daughter was awaiting open-heart surgery at only three days old. His daughter is now a healthy nine-year old, while Riles and his wife, Lucy (who also started Life of Mom), have helped to raise over $1 Million for congenital heart defect awareness and research.

CHD Awareness Week at Life of Dad.

Life of Dad exists because my daughter is a CHD survivor. February 7-14 is Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week.  Here's what you can do to make a difference: 1.  Sign up for a Man Cave on Life of Dad.  www.LifeofDad.com/join Just for you signing up for this quickly growing social [...]

By |2012-02-06T10:02:00-08:00February 6th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Babs’ Sesame Street Audition

Babs had a great opportunity recently. She auditioned for Sesame Street! See how it played out...     Now that you've seen it, its your turn to help... We need to get Babs on Sesame Street during CHD Awareness Week in February!  If you don't know, my incredible daughter survived [...]

By |2012-01-27T05:22:03-08:00January 27th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Again? The Story of When My Son Became a Legend

Babs loves the word “again.”  Whether I’m juggling, jumping rope, or watching a web video with her, as soon as I finish, Babs says “again.”  And I do it.  Again. Well, a few days ago, Babs asked us, particularly Baby Tommy, to repeat the impossible… Babs and Tommy were taking [...]

By |2012-01-25T05:11:35-08:00January 25th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

What Team Is My Son Rooting For?

I’m a huge Patriots fan.  My mom’s family is from Massachusetts, so every year I would watch football games with my cousins. Growing up in New Jersey, most of my friends are Giants fans.  For me, it was a tough loss in Superbowl XLII, in 2008, when the Giants beat [...]

By |2012-01-23T08:01:47-08:00January 23rd, 2012|Blog|0 Comments
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