Tag Archives: Fatherhood

What Would You Do?

Posted on March 13, 2012 by

Finding the right time and place to talk with my kids about the issues facing us can be difficult and awkward at times. For my part, I often feel the need to discuss my being a gay ex-Mormon father. But … Continue reading →

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Period Tea Education Sex Party

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

I’m confused. Don’t all moms prepare their girls for the natural process of menstruation? Do young girls in healthy relationships with their father normally inform him when she starts her first period? I suppose most Dads are completely absent from … Continue reading →

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My Firstborn Son

Posted on February 1, 2012 by

Due to my own Patriarchal Blessing fiasco, I am especially fascinated by those who still believe in them. Sadly, my son does. The other day while tucking my children in at night I noticed his written blessing sitting on a … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on my Girl

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

My ex-wife’s 3rd marriage occurs on Friday. It’ll be her second temple marriage. Whatever the event schedule is that day, the kids will be done by 8:00 PM and I’ll be at their house (4 hours away from mine) waiting … Continue reading →

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Cell Phones for Kids

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

I’m torn. As a married, always at home father with a stay at home wife I probably wouldn’t have bought my kids cell phones. Maybe a basic phone and a basic plan once they reached 12 or 13 and start … Continue reading →

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Yes, And…

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

I’ve long had this blog post churning in my head regarding the walls I had built around myself over the years.  It was a certain hesitancy, a constraint that I hadn’t been able to articulate to myself very well, but … Continue reading →

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Marriage

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

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Child Custody: Near or Far?

Posted on September 1, 2011 by

I lost an enormous amount of money fighting my ex-wife’s move-away with our kids four years ago. Likewise, if I could mint the emotional energy and turmoil I expended in the long, drawn-out battle to keep my children nearby I … Continue reading →

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My First Boob Was at a Drive-in Movie

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

Drive-in movies seem so 1950 -1970. I’m sure I’m not the only boy who saw, touched or felt his first breast at one. But mine didn’t happen in the typical teenager-making-out-in-the-car sort of way that you’d imagine. When I was … Continue reading →

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Divorce Guilt

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Anyone who is divorced with children knows exactly what I’m talking about. For those of you more fortunate among us who have never been tormented so, let me explain… Divorce Guilt doesn’t refer to feeling bad about what you may … Continue reading →

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