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My Daughter's Father is a unique perspective on the challenges of parenting from a seldom-told vantage point: The single dad. Sam, a 33-year-old journalist, will write about the joy and heartache of loving and raising — and sharing — the most precious part of his life, Maddie. This candid essay about the anxiety of knowing that every decision helps mold his child into the woman she will become comes from a father who has grudgingly acknowledged that, no matter how hard we try, we parents will never have it all figured out.
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I live roughly 45 miles from Maddie. While it's a heckuva lot better than the 1,100 miles when I lived in Denver, it still isn't close enough — especially for her. About two years ago, Maddie often talked about me moving in with her. While it...
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There are few things I loathe more during the holidays than hustling about, rushing from one family scene to another, inhaling an endless stream of lunches and dinners while tacitly acknowledging my loved ones as I excuse myself and race on to the next...
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It's that time of the year. Not the decking of halls and spiking egg nog and turkey hangover time, though that certainly is upon us. No, now is the time for that wonderful holiday tradition of bartering with Maddie's Mom for time with my daughter...
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One of the more difficult aspects of parenting, I've found, is helping Maddie appreciate all her blessings. The girl wants for nothing. Every Christmas is a lottery jackpot; you'd think Santa tired as he reached her tree and decided to just leave...
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As the father of a child who doesn't live with me, one of my favorite parts of the day is catching Maddie on the phone and talking about her day. It isn't always fun — sometimes she doesn't feel like chatting, and there are days when getting...
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It's an amazing time to be an American and the father of a young child. As a journalist, I have an insatiable appetite for information and spend copious amounts of time consuming it. What's worse, I'm a big time politics junkie. I can't...
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The day Maddie's Mom and I decided we just could not go any further, the day we amicably agreed — one of the few times that ever happened — it was in Maddie's and our best interest to separate, was the first day from which I was always going to...
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This post has been an extremely long time in coming. I’ve opined and gone on work-related tangents for the last couple of months and have completely lost sight of why I began writing here in the first place. Thus, I've included an excerpt from my...
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We've progressed in society; it's now perfectly acceptable that our children take a back seat to how we feel our personal desires and sense of self are being met. Perhaps I'm naive. I wasn't born with a silver spoon dangling from my lips...
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Ever see something new for parents and think to yourself, "Why on earth wasn't that around when my kids were little?" The ABC Kids Expo showcased several hundred vendors selling just about everything you could imagine - and some things you...
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The ABC Kids Expo in Las Vegas was a completely new thing for me. For one, I'd never been to Las Vegas. And while I've been to major conventions before, they were "guy" shows - guns and cars. The woman-to-man ratio was completely reversed...
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I love picking Maddie up. Whether it’s been a few days or four weeks – as was the case when I finally got to see her this past Friday – I’m always eager for that moment when she runs to me, jumps into my arms, and squeezes the life out of me. And...
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I am the father of an intelligent, funny, charming … just beautiful in every way 7-year-old girl. Her happiness is everything to me and I will do all within my power to raise her so that she is never impeded by man-made obstacles (pun intended), so she...
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Note: I do apologize for my absence these last two weeks … if, of course, you’ve noticed. I spent last week in Denver for the DNC, and I’ll have plenty to blog about that soon. I wrote this post a little while back; I hope it doesn’t bother anyone to...
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I absolutely love the Olympics. There's nothing like watching the world's greatest athletes pushing themselves to perform better than anyone ever has, and possibly ever will. I could chalk it up to being an intense sports fanatic and competitive...
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