Dads Group Initiative in Schools
[cross-posted from DADI - Dads Against Divorce Inequlity] This Fall (Sept-Dec 2018) I'll be heading up a divorced dads group at a local elementary school. The same school my kids…
The Good Dad’s Divorce: Being Asked to Leave Everything Behind
The most devastating moment in my life was when I was asked to leave my family. My then-wife wanted a divorce. She's been planning for months, apparently, but had failed to…
Seeking Happy
In this life, I believe, we are all striving to find happiness. Often, happiness is elusive. Often, our lives are more challenging and we're working on survival rather than the…
Voyeurism, Sadness, and Traveling Alone: a Tincture of Depression
[Free Discussion on Depression tonight at 7 CST - signup] vo·yeur·ism noun def: the practice of gaining sexual pleasure from watching others when they are naked or engaged in sexual…
Displacement: A Single-Parenting Love Story
"I want more time with you. More time just being around you. I miss you." There's nothing like a little time with your daughter (child) to remind you how much…
Little Ghosts Still Flutter My Heart: a Depression Story
The depression was a killer. (As depression is actually a killer.) But in my case, it was almost too hard to manage. Somehow, I managed. My fiance said during one…
Grief is Underneath: A Divorce Fable
"I sat with my anger long enough, until she told me her real name grief." In the beginning, starting out on a relationship journey towards love and parenting, things are…
Guidance and Direction Request from John of The Whole Parent
Hi, and thanks for being a reader of The Whole Parent. A lot has changed since I started this blog over 5-years ago. My life has been through so many…
