Fatherhood

Mystery Revealed…

by Caleb on May 18, 2012

We’re having another boy, and we couldn’t be more excited about it.

Sex Is On My Mind

May 17, 2012

The sex of the baby, of course. (See what I did there?)

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Mansome | A Documentary That Tackles Being a Man

April 24, 2012

When I first heard about Mansome, the new documentary from Morgan Spurlock – the creator of Super Size Me and The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, etc. - I admit I was skeptical. People like Judd Apatow and others featured in the movie have historically not portrayed men in the greatest light. My qualms with Hollywood’s stereotyping of men being [...]

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So Much to Process, So Little Time

April 6, 2012

In case you haven’t heard, it’s official: we’re expecting again.

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For His Birthday, Help Us #MakeMilesSmile

March 24, 2012

This is Miles. If you’re just tuning in, this is my son, who will be three years old on Wednesday. That’s right – three years old. Miles likes to do silly things.

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A Small Way to Change the World

February 17, 2012

When I was two years old, my biological father disappeared from my life. The circumstances of that are complicated, and to be shared another day. Suffice it to say, my dependence on him ceased around the same time as my dependence on diapers. My mother remarried, and that man became for all intents and purposes [...]

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Men as Caricatures

January 26, 2012

Guys, I get it. I really do. You’ve been taught all your life to avoid “girly” things. People have told you to be “be a man,” and possibly made fun of you for doing something that appears feminine. You’ve been given an innate fear of weakness, beauty, and other qualities that have somehow become only [...]

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Wildlife

January 17, 2012

One of the benefits of escaping big city life to visit my parents in Oklahoma is the wildlife. Adjacent to my hometown is a big refuge and mountain range, filled with buffalo, longhorns, and other endangered species. We also have a few friends with farms, so the last two holiday seasons we’ve taken Miles to [...]

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