I think about the dreams of mine that have come true over the last few years and I am appreciative. I published a written work, I wrote a book on black fatherhood that I will be publishing as an eBook in the coming weeks, I am Executive Director of a non-profit that I started and [...]
When I was a young man growing up in 90s Bed-Stuy Brooklyn there were certain things that I eventually grew accustomed to. There was the sound of gunshots in the night. Long hot summers where anything was possible, and violence was inevitable. Conversations that began with "Yo, did you hear about..." And being searched by [...]
Time flies. I know it's cliche to say that but it's true. When I started this blog my son had just turned three. He was such a handful that I had to write about it. Now he's seven, a handful in a much different way, and FatherDad is 4. Four years on the internet is [...]
I'll admit it: I haven't been to church in ages. It's been so long that I am pretty sure the last time I was in church only the Old Testament existed! I believe in God and I read the Bible on occasion, but overall I do not do much in organized religion. I have a [...]
I think I'm tired of mean people. (I say "I think" because I'm not sure if I'm mean people myself or not.) I don't mind people who say or do mean things for the sake of comedy and to make others laugh. Heck, I'm one of those people. But what I've had enough of are [...]
Change is good, so they say. "Things done changed," as Biggie once stated. Yet the most accurate quote about change I can think of is probably the now cliche statement "a baby changes everything." No, the wife is not preggers again (not that there would be anything wrong with that). I've just been thinking about [...]
