Waiting for the Blessing of My Father
By Gonzalo Salinas In October it will be ten years since I’ve seen my father. I remember clearly the last time I saw him. We were at the National Airport in Lima. Let me back-track. The flight to Miami was at 8 pm. For international flights, you are supposed to check in three hours in advance or risk missing the flight. I was at home, waiting for my father to say goodbye at 6 pm. Still a fifteen minute drive away from the...
Three reasons for Lance Armstrong to Check In! with the ManKind Project
by Boysen Hodgson The ManKind Project USA cycling team recently participated in our second RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa). We brought over 40 men and women from across the country (and Canada) to Iowa for the ride. Lance Armstrong came out to Iowa for a couple days of the ride, so we put out an invitation for Lance to come Check In! with us at the ManKind Project. And though the ride may be over...
Cultivating a Fatherly Heart on Father’s Day
This is an excerpt of a reflection I gave for the Father’s Day service at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County. It was part of a series of reflections by members of their men’s group. As a man who … Continue reading →
Dads Alone: Men choosing to raise children without a partner
by Ravenspen We have all heard of ‘single moms’, some of them by choice, others having to raise children without the benefit of a partner. But a growing phenomenon in the world is men, straight and gay, who are choosing to create families for themselves despite being single. Jennifer Ludden, in a report broadcast on National Public Radio, describes this new development. Ludden’s story tells of the experience of B.J....
What Dad Taught Me
by Matthew Alexander Sloane In considering how to be a good father, I’d have to speak from no experience, because I don’t yet have children. Even if I’ve cultivated a sort of “inner-father” to myself after leaving home. So, in honor of Father’s Day, I want to share what I learned from my father that I choose to emulate—today and in anticipation of having children of my own. Here’s the top 10 of what I say to myself… thanks to my...
October Poem: #1 for DAD
by Qutbuddin Loren Ruh Smith Hey! Dad! How long’s it been? How long’s it been since we’ve talked? Huh! How long? And there’s more distance between us now, than there is time, isn’t there? Dad? Dad? Can you hear me? We never did talk much did we? Dad? Oh yes! In my 40th year, on that hillside we reached out to one another you came from over there I from my meditation we crossed the void in mutual...
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