A Better Father

A Better Father

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A Better Father episodes

  • E60 - All The Things I’ve Learned and Ignored

    Starbucks kicks my ass.

    A change is made.  Fear is locked in a box on Monday and revisited on Friday.

    The bubble that surrounds us only surrounds us as long as we let it.  If you can see what's happening. If you can understand the reason for your actions or reactions you can make the change to put that aside and change how content gets filtered to you.

    You can, but first you have you notice it.  Understand it.  And find away to identify it.


    22 min
  • E59 - Ya Dirty Nose Picker

    Why do we make the choices we do?  Make battles that don't need to be made.

    Take on things we don't need to take on.  Parenting isn't just about choices made,

    it's about the choices we don't make.

    20 min
  • E58 - The Iceberg in the Water

    Day two of court, isn't what I was expecting.  I talk about it, though.  To make you aware.

    I find another Chinese Proverb to help with deal it.  And more to come.

    15 min
  • E56 - Good Luck? Bad Luck? Who knows?

    There was an old man who had a beautiful horse. This horse was not only his family’s pride and joy, but it was also a means to an income for the family.

    One day, the horse ran away. Fellow villagers visited the old man to give their condolences for such a stroke of bad luck, as the loss of his horse represented a staggering financial blow that would be hard to recover from.
    “Good luck, bad luck: Who can tell?” replied the old man. “It is as it is. My horse is gone.”
    Perplexed at the man’s nonchalance towards the apparent tragedy, the villagers went about their business.
    A few days later, the horse returned with a pack of 12 wild horses in tow. Again the villagers gathered, this time to offer their congratulations at such a stroke of good luck. Now he had 12 more horses with which to make 12 times the income! What a godsend, they said.
    “Good luck, bad luck: Who can tell?” replied the old man again. “All I see is that 12 more horses have appeared.”
    The next week, while breaking in one of the wild horses, the old man’s son fell and both his legs were broken. What bad luck! The villagers exclaimed. Your son has broken both of his legs. That’s terrible. How will you get your work done? You are too old to do it yourself.
    “Good luck, bad luck: Who can tell?” was the (now predictable and equally frustrating) answer of the old man. “My son has broken his legs. That is all I know.”
    Shortly thereafter, the government forcibly removed all the able-bodied men from the village, as the country had gone to war. The old man’s son, however, was spared since his legs were broken.
    Good luck, bad luck: Who can tell?

    A tag line at the end.  This podcast reminded me why I'm doing this.

    https://insideofyoupodcast.com/episodes/rainn-wilson




    17 min
  • E55 - Child First Day 2

    The second day of the Child First Class.  It's not easy.  Every step is a little harder.  We all have our things, this is just mine right now.

    I trusted and I lost.  My daughter lost.  Now, we must figure this out.  This class did help, but it hurt.

    "Hold on tight, folks.  You've been in worse shape.  Hell, I've been in worse shape.  Give yourself a break this week.  The world is big and weird and sometimes it feels like it's closing in but it's mostly just rearranging. Mutate and survive, as they used to say.  Do what you've got to do.  See you next week."   From Warren Ellis


    Don't stop.  Just don't stop.

    15 min
  • E54 - Child First

    "You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending." - C.S. Lewis

    A child first class that messes me up something fierce.  A long walk singing songs.  This was recorded this morning and being posted now, while my daughter is on the floor reading Calvin and Hobbes.  For some reason this can make me feel guilty.  There's no reason for that, to be sure.  She's great.  I forgot to mention this in the episode, but last night as she was falling asleep she said, "Dad."  Me, "Yeah".  "You're my best friend".  I love her more than the world is big.  Also, she just popped up and said "I love reading".  :)

    15 min
  • E53 - Hotel Blues

    Was it good to tell our daughter that we were getting divorced early?  Stay-cation?  Yes, please.  Catching up,  Apologies for being late.  Rolling with the punches as they come.

    18 min
  • E52-Court Date

    This was going to be a bonus episode, but it didn't work that way.  So, it's a regular episode.  Did I throw up in the court room?  Maybe.

    Apologies for the delay..  It's been a trying couple of days.  Such is the manor of this situation.  Heads up.  Smiles on.

    13 min

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I am a single father. A vegan for health, environment and animal safety reasons. I read, write, podcast and blog to be a better person and a better father (huh?huh?). Follow me in my journey as this life gets lived moment by moment, day by day. You are not alone. Even though we all feel it from time to time, that's okay. Come here and know you are not alone.