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Father@FortyOne #8 – “The Quilt”

My wife and daughters just left for the big shower at church.  All of the ladies were very giddy this morning and I’m so happy that Dawn and our family are so loved by our church family, friends, and family.  … Continue reading

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I Wanna Fit Into a 2X T-Shirt! #1 – (You gotta start somewhere…)

So my wife and I are standing in line to buy t-shirts at the Steven Curtis Chapman concert.  They have all of the t-shirts displayed and the sizes.  Of course, the largest size they have is a 2X.  That’s not … Continue reading

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Trust Buckets

I occasionally talk to my daughters about something I like to call their “trust bucket”, especially the oldest one.  The trust bucket is an imaginary container that holds the amount of trust I have in them.  Knowing them the way … Continue reading

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Father@FortyOne #7 – “Shower Lasers”

I haven’t had this much fun in months!  “PEW!  PEW!” I was saying under my breath after each shot.  I felt like Han Solo taking down Imperial stormtroopers with my trusty blaster, ducking for cover behind each row.  “PEW! PEW!” … Continue reading

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Father@Forty #6 – “The Woman Behind the Baby”

Seventeen years ago today, I stood across from the woman that had captured my heart like no other person I had ever met to say “I do.”  Seventeen years is a long time in comparison to most marriages today that … Continue reading

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Stop When You Should… Go When You Should

Recently, I gave my fourteen-year-old daughter her first driving lesson.  I had sent her to the car after church to start it up and get the air conditioner cranked because it was very hot outside.  When her sister and I … Continue reading

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Father@Forty #5 – “THE Ultrasound”

As promised in the last entry of Father@Forty, our family of four (for now) gathered at Missouri Baptist hospital this afternoon for the ultrasound that could start a name war or stop it dead in it’s tracks.  Even in the waiting … Continue reading

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Father@Forty #4 – “What’s in a Name?”

The evening over dinner that we told our youngest daughter Abby that she was going to be a big sister, the great debate over the name of the precious bundle of joy baking in my wife’s oven began.  We had two … Continue reading

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Father@Forty #3 – “Cravings and Crabbiness”

A long time ago, punishments had to be given.  Because God had been disobeyed, man had to toil by the sweat of his brow to grow food to eat, woman had to endure the pains of childbirth, and both had … Continue reading

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Father@Forty #2 – “Reservations”

Approximately a year or so after my wife and I were married, we made a baby.  For a first-time father to be, I’ll admit… I was VERY scared!  Here I was 24 years old, still a young green-bean trying to … Continue reading

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