The Champion Father Alphabet of Love

It’s that time of year again when many families break away from their normal weekend excursions to celebrate their hero.  This hero is not perfect. He makes mistakes, plenty of them at that. His decisions may be questioned quietly.  His wardrobe may lack the latest fashion. Perhaps his cooking abilities encouraged those who are hungry to remain hungry. Although perfection isn’t his goal that he could ever reach, daily he strives to make his today better than his yesterday and his tomorrow better than his today. For these reasons and many others, we take this time to salute the champion father.

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Spouse First, Kids Second

When we are in the throws of parenthood – spending long days cleaning messes, wiping bottoms and hugging squirming toddlers – it can be easy to lose touch with our spouse. After all, these little people in our care can be quite demanding. Even as they grow and become more independent, our children still require much of our time and attention. Now add in the rest of life’s realities, such as work, chores and famy obligations, and who has time to even think about our spouse, much less make him or her a priority?

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Taking Things For Granted

Sometimes we get so caught up in life that we take everything we have and everything that we’ve accomplished so far, for granted.  This is especially true for entrepreneurs who are typically moving at a million miles per hour!  We get caught up in the next great idea or the next great big project and forget to enjoy what we have actually achieved.  We fail to enjoy the successes that have become part of our lives.  

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Rekindling the Relationship Fire

The reality of becoming empty nesters began to settle in for Kathy prior Jordan’s graduation year. Our two older sons had graduated and moved out of home, and as each of them spread their wings and took flight, Kathy and I noticed a fairly significant reduction in the amount of time we were having to spend parenting and directly participating in their lives daily. As Jordan moved into his Graduation year, though, the reality of becoming empty nesters hit us both full force. Jordan had achieved getting his drivers license, and as any parent will tell you, when your child can get themselves to and from their activities on their own, it saves an amazing amount of time in a parent’s life. And we were no exception. All of a sudden we had a lot of extra time on our hands.

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