I was recently offered a free book by the lovely Caroline at love2read.co.uk. What kind of author would say no?! At love2read you can create your own personalised photobook that you can read with your kids to boost their literacy skills as well as giving them something fun to look ...

My boys are voracious readers. Sometimes I’ve even been tempted to make them put the books down and do something else. Anything else. A friend of mine tells me that this is a good problem to have. Her son, the same age as my youngest, won’t pick ...

Dear Mr. Dad: You’ve written a lot of about how deployed dads can maintain strong relationships with their children while they’re away—and I’ve learned a lot of great stuff. But what about my wife? How do I keep my relationship with her strong ...

Okay, this was Saturday and we were going to actually fix the garage door. And by ‘we’ I mean one of my buddies was going to do it while I stood near and look interested and helpful. And by ‘garage door’ I mean that boxy thingy that hangs up near ...

That is the Princess of Space, Time, and Dimension. The Mistress of Light and Splendor. The Daughter of The Woman God Gave Me. My daughter. Or, as I like to call her, the human formerly known as “What do you mean your tummy feels funny?” It’s late in the day ...

You get up, you make the coffee (*here I genuflect), you rouse the kids and point them toward the shower… …you pour the coffee and tell your spouse something only the two of you understand. Like, “..mm.” Which in SpouseSpeak means, “I see you barely slept all night. I know ...

Eighteen years ago today, I placed a phone call to Mr. and Mrs. Cute Redhead’s Mom and Dad and almost passed out from nerves. Two days prior, I placed a phone call to Mr. Cute Redhead’s Dad and asked him for his daughter’s hand in marriage. He was more than ...

“The Witch knew the Deep Magic. But if she could have looked a little further back… …she would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Deat...

My favorite thing about Easter is that it almost didn’t happen. And by that I mean the night, last night, in the garden when he wanted out. I’ve always felt we jump too fast to the “Not my will but Your will” part. We are ushered quickly into that, and ...

Okay, that really is Cute Redhead and that really is one of her molecular models (don’t ask). One evening, about a hundred years ago, Cute Redhead and me sat at a table working on our separate projects. Each one focused and preoccupied, we nonetheless made efforts to have conversation and ...