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My greatest fear is that my failures as a father and as a man will damage my son, and maybe even drive him to hurt himself some day. I will start with admitting that I have intentionally never read or listened to Liverpool’s or Chinese Downhill’s testimony about losing a child to suicide. It is …
The following is a story I helped write for a friend. In it, he shares of the most difficult thing he's faced in his lifetime. Two years ago, his son committed suicide. Dana wanted to write this story in hopes that it will reach someone who is hurting and needs help. I've been honored to …
You may have noticed there hasn't been a new story in a little while. That's because my precious daughter was born a couple weeks ago. Before that, I'd been busy working on a couple other stories, but I wasn't able to get them finished prior to the baby being born. There was a point late …
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 This is Part 4 of a four-part series. Click above for the rest of the story. Awhile later we were able to make our way back to our room in the post-partum wing. The idea of being a dad hadn’t sunk in, and it …
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 This is Part 3 of a four-part series. Click above for the rest of the story. I will never remember exactly what she said, but it was something like this: this was a precipitous labor. Generally with breech babies, the docs will opt for …
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 This is Part 2 of a four-part series. Click above for the rest of the story. We arrived at the room no more than thirty seconds later, and as soon as we arrived, so did the others. First it was our L&D nurse. Then …
PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 | PART 4 This is Part 1 of a four-part series. Click above for the rest of the story. The Miracle of Birth. It’s a phrase I've heard periodically in life. And until one goes through the birth experience, it can be difficult to understand what …
