52 Amazing Dad Stories
October 24, 2018
I’ve written a lot about my amazing dad, Chubby. Like me, Chubby was plump as a kid. He eventually lost the weight, but his nickname
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“What I lack in smarts, I make up for in work…and given how hard I have to work, I must not be that smart!”–Greg hague
I’ve written a lot about my amazing dad, Chubby. Like me, Chubby was plump as a kid. He eventually lost the weight, but his nickname
https://www.youtube.com/embed/yDIzEBl8tz4 Henry Ford. An anarchist. An ignorant pacifist. That’s what they said. A great American industrialist was under attack. The year was 1916, and the
People struggle to be happy. One of my friends is always happy. She sings, smiles, and brings joy to everyone around her. Another friend is
“Follow your dreams! You can do it,” encouraged Mom. “Go for it,” said Chubby. No kid could have tried harder to make the high school
In the late 1970s I was invited to give a 20-minute presentation to over 1,000 Shaklee distributors in Cincinnati, OH, where I grew up. I
Crunchy sweet graham cracker crust. Organic, extra-tart lemons. Glistening meringue exploding from the top of a pie like a billow of clouds in the sky.
The year was 1968 and Audrey was a childless widow in her fifties who dreamed of dancing like Ginger Rogers. So when a friend invited her
My friend Bruce has a talent for changing the way I think. A few years ago he shared one single sentence that changed the way
At the age of 60, I decided to do something my friends thought was insane: take the Arizona bar exam. I graduated from law school
My grandfather was a house painter. In his lifetime he must have painted hundreds of houses inside and out. He was a happy, outgoing man
When I was 12 years old, I lived next door to the most beautiful girl in the world. Ok, maybe not the entire world, but
I didn’t have a dad growing up. Mom raised me, for the most part. I did have an uncle who was like my father. His
The year was 1960. I was 12 and obsessed with having a Red Ryder BB Gun. I had grand visions of hunting with my dad,
I am a fan of Shark Tank, particularly outspoken, maverick entrepreneur and billionaire, Mark Cuban. We all know that Mark Cuban is a wildly successful businessman,
When my son Brian was seven, he asked Santa for a pair of basketball shoes. These weren’t just any basketball shoes. They were the latest, coolest,
There’s an iconic story of two young men. Picture a beautiful, spring afternoon 25 years ago. Two young men stand next to each other, graduating
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” What happened in the summer of 1919 forever changed the way we
Every Realtor knows that Zillow’s Zestimates are often inaccurate. What many homeowners don’t know is that Zestimates can often prevent the sale of their home
“The most expensive thing in the world is TRUST. It can take years to earn and just a matter of seconds to lose.” –Unknown Several
Kyle McDonald sat at his desk in Montreal, pondering. He wanted a house, but didn’t have much money or even a job. He remembered a
I’ve written a lot about my amazing dad, Chubby. Like me, Chubby was plump as a kid. He eventually lost the weight, but his nickname
https://www.youtube.com/embed/yDIzEBl8tz4 Henry Ford. An anarchist. An ignorant pacifist. That’s what they said. A great American industrialist was under attack. The year was 1916, and the
People struggle to be happy. One of my friends is always happy. She sings, smiles, and brings joy to everyone around her. Another friend is
“Follow your dreams! You can do it,” encouraged Mom. “Go for it,” said Chubby. No kid could have tried harder to make the high school
In the late 1970s I was invited to give a 20-minute presentation to over 1,000 Shaklee distributors in Cincinnati, OH, where I grew up. I
Crunchy sweet graham cracker crust. Organic, extra-tart lemons. Glistening meringue exploding from the top of a pie like a billow of clouds in the sky.
The year was 1968 and Audrey was a childless widow in her fifties who dreamed of dancing like Ginger Rogers. So when a friend invited her
My friend Bruce has a talent for changing the way I think. A few years ago he shared one single sentence that changed the way
At the age of 60, I decided to do something my friends thought was insane: take the Arizona bar exam. I graduated from law school
My grandfather was a house painter. In his lifetime he must have painted hundreds of houses inside and out. He was a happy, outgoing man
When I was 12 years old, I lived next door to the most beautiful girl in the world. Ok, maybe not the entire world, but
I didn’t have a dad growing up. Mom raised me, for the most part. I did have an uncle who was like my father. His
The year was 1960. I was 12 and obsessed with having a Red Ryder BB Gun. I had grand visions of hunting with my dad,
I am a fan of Shark Tank, particularly outspoken, maverick entrepreneur and billionaire, Mark Cuban. We all know that Mark Cuban is a wildly successful businessman,
When my son Brian was seven, he asked Santa for a pair of basketball shoes. These weren’t just any basketball shoes. They were the latest, coolest,
There’s an iconic story of two young men. Picture a beautiful, spring afternoon 25 years ago. Two young men stand next to each other, graduating
“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.” What happened in the summer of 1919 forever changed the way we
Every Realtor knows that Zillow’s Zestimates are often inaccurate. What many homeowners don’t know is that Zestimates can often prevent the sale of their home
“The most expensive thing in the world is TRUST. It can take years to earn and just a matter of seconds to lose.” –Unknown Several
Kyle McDonald sat at his desk in Montreal, pondering. He wanted a house, but didn’t have much money or even a job. He remembered a