by admin | Mar 10, 2015 | Submissions
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story, the second by my friend David Rath, must come with a disclaimer. The pyrotechnic activities depicted are not necessarily normal, or recommended. Yes, the story is funny, but it’s the kind of funny that borders on...
by admin | Feb 23, 2015 | Essays, Peter's blog, Submissions
EDITOR’S NOTE: For reasons of full disclosure, the story that follows is from my daughter, Amanda. That’s us, above, during a trail run when she was a junior in college. Her story was unsolicited. No, really. I was going to ask her and my son to write...
by admin | Feb 17, 2015 | Submissions
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve known the author of this story, my friend Jim, for over twenty-five years. We worked together in the newspaper business a long time ago, and although we have barely kept in touch, it doesn’t seem to matter (and now, in the age of...
by admin | Jan 31, 2015 | Submissions
EDITOR’S NOTE: Some stories I can just publish. Some stories need a disclaimer—this is one of the latter. I’ve known David Rath (the author) and his family for a very long time. They are normal…more or less: Wife Kristie and daughter Emma are more, David...
by admin | Jan 16, 2015 | Submissions
By Ken Blackmer, February 1998 Stephen was a happy and healthy little boy who wanted nothing to do with being away from his daddy. It was hero-worship. I could do nothing wrong. I always knew exactly what to do and how to do it. I found fatherhood to be a very...
by admin | Jan 12, 2015 | Submissions
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first story ever submitted to The Dad Story Project, and the first of two stories written by Ken Blackmer. When I started this ministry to fathers, this is exactly the kind of story I hoped to see. Tender, encouraging, challenging,...
