We all set out to be perfect fathers. We stroll out of the delivery room with a heart full of promises and a head full of ideas and therein is the first lie that pride brushes aside, because fear is sitting center table.

You ignore 'ME' at your own peril. There's always a price to pay

Every morning I would strap on my Jim Bowie knife, don my Daniel Boone hat, sling my .22 Remington rifle over my shoulder like Jim Bridger and plunged into the uncharted hinterland that was commonly known as the undeveloped area bordering Brown Bridge Road and the Yellow River

Very seldom do I talk about myself, I speak of my family and my children to no end, and yes I am aware that I am the written equivalent of that dad with the 50 photos in his wallet that won’t shut up about how perfect his children are. I speak of fatherhood in general and my experiences therein but the mentions of myself in any real sense, in a public forum, are infrequent and that’s for good reason. Well, not good, but explainable nonetheless.

Younger men, myself included, don’t and didn’t know how fast time flies. Now, unfortunately, I do. That toddle turns to a walk, to a lope, to a run.

Because if hindsight is 20/20 then older fathers are the Hubble Space Telescope of Fatherhood.

Money, money, money. Always an issue. And it often takes more than one source to make those ever widening ends meet, so here’s a comprehensive list of side gigs, virtual jobs and other ways to bring home more bacon.

In a father’s hearts we carry the past, but in the eyes of our children we can glimpse the future.

Time management is a BS

The week after Father’s Day is a fun one. Not haha fun, but fun in the traditional way but fun in the ‘internet goes crazy’ way. Millions of memes flood Facebook, Instagram and other platforms for what seems like mere moments

So let that be a lesson dads. The trinkets and toys, the gifts and the cards are, at the end of this road, worthless to the world. But man oh man, those memories.

In truth, every day is Father’s Day

The ever changing role of fatherhood in society. We’re not Mr. Mom any longer

This is your boot camp into fatherhood. Embrace the suck my man.

It might strike you as odd, or untruthful, if you’re a new father, but the most dangerous object in your home is your new little bundle of joy.

Fathers needn’t fight all their battles alone, we have some valiant allies

Braves/Sox? Sushi/Fried Shrimp? Pop/Coke? It’s all good.

Life is stories.

The Greatest Accomplishments are Sometimes the Most Unrecognized

Heaven is a place on earth