Posts Tagged ‘Parenting’

Three Words That Will Change Your Life

Cry Baby by Jon Bradley Photography I recently read the story of Kristin Cronin. She was a 14 year old teenage girl who died in her parents’ arms – 2 days after saying she didn’t feel well. The last words to her parents before she passed away, “Daddy help me”. My heart broke when I [...]

Parenting: if you want to do it well, it’s hard.

One day I was chatting with a colleague of mine about children. We had just had our baby, so it was a frequent topic of interest in my conversations with people. The lady I was talking to said something to me that stuck, and has actually churned in my head ever since. I didn’t write [...]

Fighting the Cat in the Cradle – How Will You Choose to be a Father?

Photo by kwanie Recently I went to visit my Dad. As we were talking an interesting song came playing on the radio. “This song” he remarks, “came out right about the time you were born.” He continues, “Once I started listening to the words, it was a very powerful song for me, and touched me [...]