: About Me

I became a writer in high school, when I was asked to write a term paper on phobias for a psychology class.

Well, it turns out there are some really funny phobias out there and that's the direction I took the paper.

The teacher didn't even grade it, just wrote the dreaded "see me" on top.

She told me the paper was better suited for a newspaper than a high school class.

So, I submitted it to the newspaper! And guess what? It was published.

That ignited the fire and I embarked on a path to a journalism degree.

After college though I promptly entered radio, then marketing. I kept writing however, and in 2005 published my first book, 'Your Father Forever.'

I recently left the corporate marketing world to focus on my true passions- family and writing.

Stay tuned!

My passion is ...

Living

I know too much about ...

Not knowing enough

My parents always told me ...

"You'll never how much we love you until you have kids..."

My childhood ambition ...

is my adult ambition. Why give it up just because we're taller?

My favorite memory ...

Every smile, each kiss

Why I write ...

It's meant to be

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I'm a metal head

My first job ...

One hour photo guy at Payless Drug Store!

My best moment ...

The moments when I'm spreading love

My inspiration ...

The light of my children and my wife

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood The changing role of the father

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When my son was born six years ago, I would have told you that I knew exactly what it takes to be a daddy. Turns out all I knew was how to become a father. The difference is surreal. For years my perception of what it meant to be a father was to work hard and earn money for my family. This is a respectable commitment that is shared by millions of fathers. It's not until a series of events so incredibly complex, but in the end so amazingly simple, happened that I realized my priorities were not aligned with my true intent. Yes, I was earning great money for a comfortable life for my wife an...

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