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By: The Blogfathers Blog Archive » Use the poop, Luke - Dads You Can't Refuse

The Blogfathers Blog Archive » Use the poop, Luke - Dads You Can't Refuse — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:50:23 +0000

[...] children potty trained several years ago which was unquestionably a Good Thing. And yet I’ve said and I still believe that, if it were possible, I’d have suspended or slowed their aging so [...]

By: planetdanika » The Role of a Parent

planetdanika » The Role of a Parent — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:31:02 +0000

[...] been feeling mushy enough as it is, and then I had to go and read this post! This guy writes a great daddy-blog, by the way. His take on the role of a parent: 1) take care of [...]

By: Use the poop, Luke | flagrantdisregard

Use the poop, Luke | flagrantdisregard — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:29:35 +0000

By: Silviu

Silviu — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 22:42:33 +0000

My dad was a lil’ bit younger than i am now when i was born, and i still cant belive im almost 24. My cousin has a baby. He’s 4 months older than me and it seems that he want a bigger gap hehe. Reading this was… i don’t know, a little bit sour beacause i wish to stop still the time. I don’t want to be a bad father, so if i could stop it to learn and then press the play button… I would be ready to teach my baby everything. Also reading this was somehow magical. I actually saw your daughter thorough your eyes, and not just her but the hole landscape picture… She is very lucky to have you as her father… Good job dad :)

By: JGJones

JGJones — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:12:21 +0000

I’ve got 2 kids myself, the boy’s 8 and the wee girl is 3. You describe how I feel beautifully, yet I’m unable to put into words so your post does it beautifully. I’ve pointed my wife to this post as well as I know she’ll feel the same too.

Thanks for that!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 21:20:56 +0000

and to think I’d been saying ‘not right now’ when my just-turned-13 daughter was asking me lately if she could ride on my shoulders…. I’ve gotta go home now to say ‘yes’ … while she still wants to…

(and, as all the others mentioned, this is a great post, thanks)

By: Craig

Craig — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:53:29 +0000

Never been moved by a blog post like I was by that one! I’ve just proposed to a girl I have known for five years, about a week ago - so I suppose I am that long (but it seems all to quick) path to the rest of my life.

By: Peter Marshall

Peter Marshall — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 03:21:16 +0000

Caught it just right. We get a lot out of it, don’t we?

My daughter is 16 now, well past the little girl stage, or even that “11″ stage.. A fabulous kid. I remember the last time I carried my daughter in from the car, half sleeping, because every time I did, I would think “this is probably the last time my baby will need me to do this”.. One time, I was right.

I was mucking around on allofmp3.com the other day, and came across an album by Sam Cooke that we used to play every night, when she was maybe 12-18 months. I’d hold her, rock her, dance with her, let her fall asleep on my shoulders, put her down. Tears came to my eyes listening to “Meet Me At Mary’s Place”… swing up, swing back, smile…

By: Julie Falk

Julie Falk — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:26:34 +0000

Thank you for sharing that beautiful moment from your daddyhood. I’m sure you will be happy someday that you wrote it down, because these sweet stories tend to fade with time.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 06 Jul 2006 17:38:06 +0000

This 4th of July my son told me that it is a ‘Dad’s job to get fireworks… you’re supposed to get fireworks Dad.’ He is about to be 4 and I suppose if anyone in the house had such a job it WOULD be me. I really like the picture you’ve painted here though. One of those rare and beautiful moments when time DOES stand still.