Some Sunday’s are vibrant and green, full of activity. They are full of the promise of Spring. They are filled with the promise of things to do, people to see, and adventures to experience. But some Sundays are blue. For reasons that don’t fully reveal themselves, they feel slower and laced with melancholy. I’m usually a bootstrap-pulling optimist...

“LE’s really growing up, isn’t he?” A former colleague and mastermind buddy emailed me a week or so ago. She’d seen this video and commented on LE’s vertical growth, his deepening voice, and his overall physical maturity. “Yes,” I countered in a reply…”but into what?” The Metamorphosis of...

There are times when a single dad has no choice but to be flexible. Like the other other night when my Ex calls to ask me if I could switch a scheduled overnight stay for the next night. Normally not a big deal except that I’d made plans around the weekly overnight that LE has with his mom. The plans involved a guest dropping by.  No,  not an overnight guest,...

“What’s for dinner, Dad?” It’s a common question in my house. LE, now 13 and nearly 5′ 10″, is hungry all the time. Because he’s at the age when his emotions, body, and cognition are at the mercy of hormonal influences, he’s undergoing some rapid changes. Chief among them is his appetite. It knows no...

You may not even know that you’re doing it. It may one of the most natural expressions of love for your child.  But it’s harming them. Welcome to Day 3 of the 31 Days To Become A Better Solo-Dad! Today’s post addresses an all too common pitfall made by single dads who may not get to spend a lot of time with their kids. It’s often referred to...