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. [...]

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 – [...]

How old are you? By Joe McGinness At the age of perhaps four I asked my grandfather “Granddaddy, how old are you?” He smiled, and then said, “How old do you think I am?” “I’ll bet you are a hundred” I responded in my youthful naiveté. “Well I certainly feel that old but I am [...]

When children roamed the earth By Steve Smith I remember how big the world seemed at 8. The Earth was 20 acres, and I roamed it with the neighborhood kids. A patch of woods in the back concealed wolves and bears, ogres and giants. At times you could hear Panzer tanks and anti-aircraft barrages; we [...]

Dean W. Arnold is a writer and publisher and the father of a son, Jaime, and a daughter, Tabitha. Contact him at dean@deanarnold.org. Going man-to-man with Dad By Dean Arnold I was headed to tell my dad I had wrecked the car. Driving with my buddy in Greenville, S.C., we came off an exit ramp—perhaps [...]