It started like any other after school pick-up. When I got there, my daughter Ella was in aftercare working on her latest piece of soon-to-b

Married Father of 1 Maryland I love my Pops. It’s hard not to love a man who taught me how to ride a bike, patch a hole in the wall (that...

Still married to his wife at the time of my conception, I don’t remember one visit, phone call, or card from my biological father growing...

Knowing that you have a safety net to catch you is a different kind of feeling  It’s a concrete kind of confidence emboldening the lens...

What does a tribute to my father look like? It starts with a decade of love and relationship development to have the experience with your...

In a very technical sense, a father is the male parent of a child. However, being a father is much more than technicalities. Excellent...

How do I clearly articulate what you mean to me? How do I narrow a list of so many stories down? How do I choose? How do I tell them I am...

⁣ As I sat across from the strange man, all I heard was a blurred mix of clichés and familiar phrases. This grief counselor was feebly...

My dad was an exceptional man and I was, and am, so proud to be his daughter. He was a physician who dabbled in woodworking. He traveled...

As kids of divorce, I think you can go one of two ways. You either want nothing to do with marriage or you have all these ideas about how...

As I sat down to write this, the words would not come as easily as I expected. I discovered my relationship with my father is more...

My parents both left Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and studied at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands where they met, learned a new...

I was so honored and pleased to write this love note to Giovanni. He is a great dad and partner. I want everyone to know how amazing he...

The “strong father” is a constant, a central motif in my family’s story. The patriarchal foundation that undergirds my lineage is so...

This Father’s Day season, I have an unusual joy. Having lost my own dad 7 years ago, it’s typically been a day of grief and pain. But...

You have just received what is possibly the worst news of your life. Your incredible and devoted wife of 21 years, mother to your 9...

“I don’t want to be one of those guys,” my husband said to me. “I want to be home for dinner with our kids, every night.” We didn't have...

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded,...

I have four nephews, three of whom are fathers.  Well, not only fathers but outstanding,  fathers.  It is hard for me to make the...

A thousand grains of sand… Those words best describe what my father has been for me – every day before school when the small lessons and...