I want to be a better father…not better than someone else, but better than the one I am. These stories are how I’m going to achieve that goal.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m a pretty great Dad 😉 and I’m not going to be handing over my title anytime soon. But just because we are great pretty good at something (and modest about it) doesn’t mean we shouldn’t find ways to challenge our understanding and try to discover the parts we don’t know.
So I’m going to continue learning new things and challenge you to think better by telling you what I learn and why I think it’s important. The rest is up to you.
Without you they are just words on a page. Once internalized they can become a powerful compass to get you wherever you want to go.
Each season represents one year of the precious time I’ve shared with you as your dad, starting with season 13 on this, your 13th birthday.
My regret is that I didn’t start sooner. But I will never regret starting.
By my calculations, when I’m done with this little experiment there will be a lot of important lessons to find hidden throughout these pages, each purposely crafted with a touch of dad advice…
A little dadvice, if you will. (hah, that’s pretty good. I just came up with that.)
Dadvice [dad-vahys]
noun
- an opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, pulled from the secret Dad handbook to, hopefully, help you as you navigate this crazy thing called life.
A word of warning, just because I think the words in these pages are worth writing, it doesn’t mean you should always accept the ideas contained within.
Be skeptical of my thinking. Challenge everything! If you think my logic is flawed, tell me why.
My hope is that somewhere weaved through these stories you’ll find the threads worth pulling on and they will:
Teach you
Inspire you
Help you
Guide you
Piss you off
Scare you
Excite you
Worry you
Make you curious
Provoke you
Challenge you
Drive you
and most importantly
Remind you…
Remind you of how proud I am of you.
Remind you I’m in your corner.
Remind you that I love you to pieces, always.
— Dad