Category: Daddy’s Corner
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Servant Leadership Begins at Home
This site’s theme for 2012 (and beyond?) is Servant Leadership Begins at Home. Servant Leadership, as a term, is most connected to the work of Robert Greenleaf, beginning with his book Servant Leadership: A Journey into the Nature of Legitimate Power and Greatness. The underlying idea is that the most effective form of leadership is in the form…
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Quotes of the Week (or so…)
Inspired by Kathryn, I’m going to start recording some of Olivia’s (and eventually Catalina’s) spoken gems. Too Much Angry Birds? Me: ::pig noise:: Olivia: No, piggy daddy! Me: ::pig noise:: Olivia: I throw birdie at you! (throwing motion with her arm.) Time for Mouthwash for Daddy: Me: Ah, damn it. Olivia: No say damn it!…
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Noooooooo!
From this morning: Me: Olivia, you know what today is? Olivia: GAME DAY! Vanessa: Don’t worry, she’s dressed for it. Me, walking over and seeing her in a Notre Dame shirt: Hey! What about the Texas gear today? Olivia: Daddy, chill out. I wear Notre Dame. ::sigh::
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Being A Dad Without A Dad
As I’ve mentioned in 2003, 2004 and 2007 on this blog, September 19th is the anniversary of the death of my father. With grief, some days are better than others. Some years are better than others. 14 years is a long time and, while I think of him often, I don’t feel “grief” often anymore. I…
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Now, 154,001
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 154,000 married fathers care for their children under 15-years old at home full-time while the mothers worked outside of the home. Now, the number is 154,001. I am officially a stay-at-home dad, a stay-at-home father, a house dad, SAHD, househusband, a house-spouse. How? What? When? There are a number of…
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Father’s Day
A couple of days ago, Vanessa took the girls to “run errands”. When they returned, I was taking Olivia upstairs and we had the following conversation: Me: Olivia, did you have fun with Catalina and Mommy? Olivia: Yeah, yeah yeah. Me: Where did y’all go? Olivia: Moo. Me: Moo? Where? Olivia: Moo. Vanessa had to…