The hardest thing to do when you’re suffering from depression is get out of bed. You lay there, maybe having slept, maybe not due to all the thoughts running a hundred miles per hour in your head, and feel as if each of your limbs weighs more than your [...]
Here's the ironic thing about love, sex, marriage, and childbirth: Desire leads to pursuit. Pursuit leads to romance. Romance leads to love. Love leads to sex. Sex leads to children. Children lead to endless thwarted opportunities for their parents to engage in the very activity that brought them into the world to begin with. [...]
Before we go any further, it would probably be best to address the curly-haired elephant in the room. As I mentioned on his profile, Cray-Cray was diagnosed with autism at around two years of age. Occasionally when we mention this to people we've just met, his mother and I get [...]
Grayson has been into Star Wars since he was 2 1/2 years old. He will be 4 on January 25th. Recently, his Star Wars obsession has led to everything Star Wars, including Legos. That being said, I started buying him small Lego kits that would keep his attention and would be fun [...]
Love... We could all use a little more of that these days... Am I right? My 4 year old daughter was the inspiration for this post. She was born on a Friday... I've got to say, I know that I'm lucky. I've felt unconditional love before. I have three wonderful [...]
Young Boss, Sometimes since having kids there have been times that I’ve felt like I couldn’t fully express to people that I’m a father… I know this is something that friends of mine have experienced as well. It’s like something was holding us back. And even [...]
Bringing you home at 2 days old and sleeping with my hand inside of your cradle for fear that you might stop breathing in the night Changing your diapers, warming bottles and baby food (sorry about that jar of prunes I fed you in one sitting) lessons learned! Watching [...]
I used to actually sleep all night. Of course that seems so long ago now that I can barely recall what that was like. Being a 50-something dad of a 5yr old boy and a 6yr old girl certainly has its unique challenges. I often wonder if I ever fully [...]
Pittsburgh Steelers running back, DeAngelo Williams and I have something in common. Now as a football fan I would love to share something with a player in the NFL. Unfortunately this is something both DeAngelo and I wish we didn’t have in common. Both of our mothers passed away due [...]
Erik Compton was born in Miami, Florida where he learned the game of golf. At one point Erik was the number one junior golfer in the United States and the 1998 AJGA Rolex Junior Player of the Year. He accepted a scholarship to play golf for the University of Georgia, [...]
