The Little Boy Inside
by Paul Rogers The little Boy Inside, Holds his head in shame, The little Boy, Believes he is to blame, The little Boy Inside, Carries the weight of wounds, that last, The little Boy, Has not healed, from time past, The little Boy Inside, Lives with terror, lives with fear, The little Boy, Has No Mother close, No Father near, The Little Boy Inside, No one to hold, No one to ease his pain, The little Boy, Love’s lack, he feels...
Involving Fathers (How we do it in Canada)
I am encouraged by what I perceive to be more involvement between of men with their children.. .At the same time, I recognize how hard it can be for some of us to be involved in our children’s lives in a meaningful way
Get the chips, the wings, the beer – and a whole new way of being a man.
As you settle in to watch Super Bowl XLV – the Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Green Bay Packers … The men who ‘go to battle’ in the NFL give the game all they’ve got. Their coaches demand it, their teammates insist upon it, and their fans will accept nothing less. The players are driven up to, and often beyond, their physical limits and emotional thresholds. At MKP – we are driven to help...
LEARNING TO WEEP; a poem
By Eric Diamond Because so much depends on a walk around the lake, I take the long trail that circles the green and muddy water. Brown bees settle on tall field daisies. Lush moss blankets a fallen elm. Two deer startle in the brush and clamber up the hillside. Distant voices muffle through the forest. The air smells like bluegrass and butterflies. To each and all, I say this: You are not my son. If my son were here, he would spot...
Das Boot
By Larry Russick It was a long way for me to swim. My father was very proud of his boat. He was a very proud man—any chance he got, he would tell a story to brag about his kids or show off any advantage he had, like his boat. It wasn’t a new boat; he bought it used from a car dealer, who had it up on supports in the back of one of his showrooms in Fruitport. The boat originally cost $7,000, which was a lot of money back in 1966....
Daddy
By Kenny D’Cruz I know your hands. I know the shape of your fingers and your finger nails. I know how I feel when you open your face and laugh. I know the way you raise your right eye brow and talk from the side of your face when you are joking. How you hold your glasses when you laugh so much that you wipe your tears on the back of your hand. Your mischievous guilt when you let off a smelly windy one. How you used to hold my...
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