Austin Dads

In an age of screen time coming at ya from every angle, it is a sweet respite to curl up with a good book.  I feel like my daughter has a HUGE appreciation for...

My daughter loves me — of this I have no doubt. Rescuing her from her forced sleep, she wakes up utterly thrilled to see me each morning. I then sit with my little love on...

  We did it. We've been parents for a year. I'm exhausted, but you seem to have boundless energy. I remember the early days, watching you look at her like you'd never seen anything so magnificent....

So… Yes, I’m a dad. I have three rambunctious and active boys who all have very different and unique personalities. My oldest is nine-years-old and loves both his baseball and wrestling teams. My middle...

What I want for Father’s Day, a letter to my kid Sleep. I can’t stress this enough. I haven’t gotten eight hours of sleep since “The Office” was on. Sometimes I hallucinate and think I...

Dear Dad, I may have rolled my eyes at your advice and dad jokes over the years, but now that I'm a parent myself it all makes sense. I even find myself repeating some of your...

Dearest Chad, I will never forget our first date. Completely smitten, I gushed at you. Feeling my small world and heart open with possibility, I timidly approached the question, "Do you see yourself having children?"...

Getting divorced sucked. Being married to someone who was SO obviously not right for me, sucked even more. I was 6 months pregnant, when I knew I would leave my husband. But how? When?...

Many of us approach life’s challenges with a ‘fight or flight’ mentality. We tend to ‘buckle down’, and fight for what we want to accomplish, or we throw up our hands and walk away. It’s...

  To My Dear Husband, This is an open apology letter to you, because quite frankly, I've been a crappy wife. There, I said it. Out loud for the free world to read. Things have been...