The honest truth about fatherhood, loss, masculinity, and rebuilding yourself when no one’s watching.
Most men don’t talk about it.
Some don’t know how.
Others were never shown it mattered.
This is for the dads who stay silent.
The ones who show up anyway.
“No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child.”
– Abraham Lincoln
This isn’t a parenting blog.
There are no “10 hacks to be a better dad” here.
No perfect routines.
No curated moments.
This is about:
- Loving your kids when you don’t get them every day
- Grieving parents who shaped you and then disappeared
- Carrying responsibility without applause
- Being strong without pretending you’re fine
If you’ve ever felt invisible as a man or a father, you’re in the right place.
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9/11 – 20 Years On – September 11th Remembered
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xggkq-10d9122 “9/11 – 20 Years On – September 11th Remembered” On the morning of September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked four passenger jets. Two planes crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City and one plane each crashed into both towers of the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Nearly 3,000 people died Read more
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9/11 – 20 Years On
Shall we talk about 9/11? or is It still too painful to revisit all of that suffering on the anniversary of the attacks. On September 11th 2001, America was rocked by a series of terrorist attacks committed in New York City and Washington DC by Al-Qaeda. It was the deadliest attack ever carried out on Read more
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Lad Chat – Virtual Social#12 – Childhood Cancer Month, Sarah Harding, Argentina V Brazil
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-zjyu3-10d3691 In this episode the boys talk about the sad news of the passing of Sarah Harding from Cancer in what is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. The lads are doing a press up challenge to raise awareness. They touch on Afghanistan and 9/11 before finishing with the crazy scenes at the start of the Brazil Read more
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Musical beds
Sounds like a fun game you used to play in your early twenties right? Well this isn’t the musical beds I’m talking about. Musical beds is the game some parents play when they have a toddler, right now you could almost set your watch to it, 12:30 most nights and we hear the pitta patter Read more
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Ira Hughes Ep20 – Our daughters fight with Rhabdomysarcoma –
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-tetvm-10d17ef In this week’s podcast the lads sit down with Ira Hughes. Ira shares his heartbreaking story through his daughters battle with Rhabdomysarcoma and how him and his family coped and battled through the loss. We have done a number of podcasts so far this year but this one touched me personally the most, Ira Read more
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Herbalife Nutrition
When I was younger, I always took very good care of my body. However as the years passed by and life got more hectic, with work piling up to deal with on top of balancing a social life; unfortunately this resulted in neglecting my health for too long. Thankfully Herbalife Nutrition entered into play at Read more
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My Thoughts on being a father ~
“From the moment I heard I was going to be a father, I knew my world would never be the same.”
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