A Father’s Role in Fostering a Love for the Natural World By Kyle Waggener My wife and I have always loved the outdoors, often going hiking, camping, backpacking or birding.   When our daughter was born, I wondered what impact this new addition would have on our outdoor pursuits.  We read many books about child [...]

Fueling passion in life is a father’s job by Chuck Tuttle I’ve been working with children in theatre for thirty years and I thought that I understood kids until I had my own.  I don’t know if I understand kids any better now, but I understand parents better.  Sometimes I get calls from parents of [...]

A Most Holy Night by Michael Gray In the little country church I attended tradition held that we always sang Silent Night at the end of the Christmas service.  It always began with a young girl singing the first verse solo, then a verse sung in Italian, finally followed by the whole congregation singing together. [...]

by Wayne Collins. Think holidays, and one of the inevitable images that comes to mind is smiling people doing a good turn for someone through volunteering.  That is an excellent thing.  A gift of time toward a cause that you feel strongly about can pay dividends far beyond the obvious benefit to the organization you [...]

“Fathers,  be good to your daughters”.  For in their eyes.. we hang the moon. By Chris Atkins My wife and I sat together at a local deli eating lunch one warm Sunny afternoon with our 11 and 9 year old daughters and our toddler son.  While we were enjoying our sandwiches, my oldest daughter remembered [...]

by Stevie Ray Dallimore Photo credit:  Katie Forbes Dallimore It has been nearly a year since I moved to Chattanooga with my family from Washington Heights in the northern part of Manhattan.  “Upstate Manhattan” we like to call it.  Now I am on a mountain in Georgia.  The view I had in New York was [...]

As a father I can only do my very best. by Jonathan Lehman What keeps us afloat is the thing that comforts me:  the simple fact that my efforts as a father are directly proportional to my wife’s abilities as a mother. Fatherhood.  The word itself conjures up stereotypical visions in your mind.  The framework [...]

Bill Crutchfield:  Family, friends and flowers, a Chattanooga legacy. by Jennifer Crutchfield Fathers give us their names.  With the names parents choose and the family name they inherit a baby starts life with the history of his family’s past and the hope for their future.  Dads give us other things, fun stuff like hobbies, humor, [...]

Healthy eating makes happy memories Written by Mike Ketcham Photo courtesy Ben Finch Photography “I look forward to using my creativity in the kitchen to present him with fun recipes that result in food he wants to eat, can help make, and might even want to pass on to his children someday.“ I am new [...]

The best things comes in threes Story & Photo by Justin Woodward They often say things come in threes.  Good luck, bad luck, wishes, or chances.  For me, personally, the best thing that has ever happened in my life came in threes – fatherhood.  It seems fitting that I should write this article today – [...]