One poem every day for twenty-eight straight days this February. Suffice it to say, I’m in my Poetry Era. Most nights unfold the same way.My four-year-old wages war on sleep—one more story,one more sip,one more urgent whisper through the dark.Then the escapes: feet thumping the floor,five times, six, seven,each return a tiny surrender. I begin… Continue reading Ode on the Bedtime Chaos and Guilt of Another Sleepless Night: A Dad Poem
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Forty-Five: Pivoting My Blog From Family Stories to Your Dad Field Guide (and Why I’m Making the Shift)
Ever started something with pure heart—pouring out the chaos and quiet wins of big-family life—only to realize it’s mostly echoing in an empty room? That’s where I found myself after a full year of consistent posting here on Bring Back Big Families. As a husband and father of six young kids, I kept showing up.… Continue reading Forty-Five: Pivoting My Blog From Family Stories to Your Dad Field Guide (and Why I’m Making the Shift)