Story archives - tag: "fatherhood"

Dad

I can't stop the tears as I shuffle through a box under the our bed and find a tattered letter to Santa, written by my now drug addicted son.

tags: fatherhood regret [add]

2010-03-15 14:38:33 / Rating: 722.75 /

jfirth

The day my daughter was born, I walked around all day smelling her on my hands and falling in love with her more every time.

tags: baby fatherhood [add]

2008-02-20 16:25:28 / Rating: 536.5 /

jfirth

No sound compares in fury or power to the sound of a woman pushing a baby through the birth canal without the aid of drugs.

tags: birth childbirth fatherhood labor [add]

2007-09-07 22:44:58 / Rating: 455.75 /

Rob

Visiting Virginia, I thought the grocery clerk was calling my newborn son precious when in fact she was telling me in her southern drawl to "press yes" on the keypad.

tags: humor fatherhood misunderstanding pride embarrassment grocery precious [add]

2007-08-06 17:02:46 / Rating: 399.75 /

teki

You constantly prove me wrong when I think you can't disappointment me any further.

tags: divorce lying fatherhood jerk [add]

2007-07-21 12:39:09 / Rating: 704.75 /

Ryan

When she cried the first time, I was surprised that I was ready to handle it like a father should.

tags: birth turning point fatherhood [add]

2006-09-19 17:21:40 / Rating: 700.75 /

Lewis from North Carolina, USA

President Bush killed my father, a soldier whose burned remains are now a part of the Iraqi desert landscape, and I, longing to fit in by supporting something I did not understand, was stupid enough to vote for him the previous year.

tags: politics death regret fatherhood anger Bush President Bush Iraq terrorism 9/11 war [add]

2006-09-11 23:06:50 / Rating: 2483.25 /