Category Archives: Father @ Forty

“Kenny?” my wife said as she came back into our room.  The bathroom light filled the dark hallway. It’s a difficult task to wake me from a deep sleep.  I use a machine and mask to help me combat sleep … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

On March 9th, 2011, I had just finished fixing myself a pretty good microwave-made breakfast and sat down in front of the computer to eat and surf the web before leaving for work.  The scrambled eggs & chesse were steaming, … Continue reading →