It was around 3:00PM in Brooklyn, NY on December 24, 1967, when I decided to take a walk to the local shopping avenue just a few blocks away from my home. My DAD was in Maimonides Hospital, suffering from chronic nephritis, and as a young man of 16 years old, [...]
Join Mary and Melissa on Valentine’s Day as these two mothers living in DC, raising children with disabilities discuss the many dimensions of loving a challenging child. Our guest speaker is Gabrielle Farrell, Religous Educator, Lifespan Education and Family Ministries at All Souls Unitarian Church in Washington D.C.. Call-in or [...]
This past Sunday I was in New York City to check out the Hasbro showroom for this year’s NYC Toy Fair. As a dad it was great to see the toys that will be coming out this year. I was able to preview and play with some of the [...]
My daughter is almost two years old. My son is just over two months old. Already I can see how I treat them differently. Can you tell by the Valentine's Day cards I made for each of them?
I don’t have kids. I’m not expecting any kids any time soon. But a good portion of the people I know and hang with are either New Fathers/Married and Trying/Working on Their 2nd and Even 3rd Child. So the challenge now becomes how does my relationship with my friends [...]
11:17 AM Babies R Us Parking Lot Van Nuys, California The semi truck lurched to a stop, and I caught Tall Bill’s eyes from the other side of the dumpster. The engine cut and rumbled into silence. We heard the door pop open, and the driver’s keys jingle as he [...]
Often we can trace our personal histories by our taste in music. For example, my wife spent four years at college in Indiana (Go Irish). Due to this unfortunate experience she maintains an unnatural relationship with country music. I consider the musical romance unnatural for two reasons: I [...]
Life of Dad is very excited to announce that tomorrow is our first LIVE event on the website. Performing at Rick's Music World & Cafe in Raynham, MA, Donnie Wilson will share his incredible story and music to the congenital heart defect (CHD) community. Click HERE to see the page [...]
In the weeks since my wife and I found out we were going to have a baby, I've been going through a state of mind that I will call "floaty." Symptoms of this condition may vary from case to case. For me, they included confusion from pregnancy books, [...]
1. Congenital heart defects are the #1 birth defect worldwide. When my wife was 18 weeks pregnant with her, we found out that my daughter, Babs, had a heart defect. I knew nothing about CHDs at the time, but now I know that 1 of 100 babies has a CHD, [...]
