Dad is Great

One of the all-time great stand up comedy routines is “Bill Cosby: Himself.” As a father of four children, I especially enjoy the part about serving his children chocolate cake for breakfast, and while eating the cake, the happy children sing out, “Dad is great. He gives us chocolate cake.” I believe this sketch epitomizes the greatness of fatherhood, which is what I hope to celebrate with this blog. My mother is great and I love the mother of my children. They have a skill set in caring, teaching, educating, and loving children in ways I was not blessed with and I’ll be forever grateful for these two women in my life. Fathers seem to lack some of these skills and abilities so we often march to a different beat. We’re a bit unconventional and sometimes it works and our kids love us for it. Sometimes...not so much. Regardless of the good, bad, and ugly, I hope that the thoughts shared in this blog will help me and any others out there who are striving to be a better father.