Legacy Dad

Generational Fathering

Time is fun when your having flies :)

For those who haven't noticed, I have not been posting on Legacy Dad lately.  My day job of saving the world is keeping me really tied up these days.  However, Dante has been keeping a steady flow of posts to keep the site afloat and if you haven't noticed, we added a newcomer Gary to the mix. 

Gary is an amazing man with many years of wisdom and experience and I invite you to not only check out his bio but also check out his website.  Here is just a snippet of Gary's resume:

Despite the visit to 69 nations, then starting businesses and international ministries, literally betting and losing the ranch, Navy fighter pilot and air combat retiring as a Captain (06), a crashed plane and a crashed sailboat (thanks to pirates), riding the wild west on horseback, building a Pondarosa-like dream ranch and--especially--hand building a wilderness log cabin with my grandwonderkids, a son too soon dead of Cancer at 33, a best-friend son-in-law I love and a daughter of grace and beauty with three cowboys and two cowgirls princesses for me to imprint.

Stay tuned to Legacy Dad for more from Gary and check out his websites here:

http://www.generationalfathering.com/

www.newseason.us

Back On The Grid

Okay, I've been neglecting to post for far too long.  So I got my family settled into our new house (not all the way unpacked yet) and then I got an offer to go learn the art of primitive tracking.  I am an avid survivalist and outdoorsmen so I jumped at the chance and got to spend 2 weeks tracking footprints in the woods.  It was a great skill to learn as there are very few people left who know how to do this and I can't wait to show the kids some of these techniques.   Hide and Seek will never be fair again!! 

I also had another great opportunity.  My daughter invited me to attend a father/daughter dance and luckily it was the day I was coming home. So I literally got off the plane, drove home and showered and off to the dance we went.   It was her first dance and I showed her some of the old mans moves as well as the "Electric Slide" and the "Cha-Cha Slide."  The highlight was slow dancing with my little girl to "Butterfly Kisses."

Big Thanks again to Dante for keeping the Legacy Dad Boat afloat while I'm off on hiatus. 

 

The Secret Millionaire

I very rarely watch television. Believe it or not, I have never watched an episode of American Idol or Lost. 

Last night, my kids were watching "Cars" and afterward I was flipping through the channels and stopped at a new show on Fox called The Secret Millionaire.

The show takes millionaires out of their everyday life, leaving behind their clothes, cars and money and living in some of the poorest and most needy neighborhoods in the US. 

They live for one week in poverty conditions with one set of clothes and $107.00 (a weekly welfare check) and must buy groceries and connect with the people. 

The millionaires live under the cover that they too are unemployed or struggling financially.  At the end of the week, the millionaires reveal their identities and also give over $100,000 to the people and charities that they met.

The episodes are very emotional and you visibly see a transformation in the way that these people view charitable giving and the living conditions of those they meet.

In the first episode, Cole Ruzicka, a millionaires son makes the statement that he would never come to these neighborhoods in the past and thought that these people were ignorant for being in their circumstances. 

After meeting Kathy, a women who runs a homeless shelter by using her social security, Cole breaks down and realizes that he was the one who was ignorant and these people with little or no money were out helping the homeless while the rich in his neighborhood did little to help.

The show is great to watch with the whole family and definately gets you in the mood to give and help during the Holiday season. 

A Worthy Legacy

"When my father died suddenly in a car accident in May of 2001 without a chance to say good bye, grieving him was tough since there was no sense of closure. Dad was a man of words, so I knew he would have wanted to have one last say before he took his final breath. With this thought in mind, the writer in me sought closure by writing his last words for him."

Please go and check out Tomi Akinyanmi's new book A Worthy Legacy 

This book is Tomi's reflection on her dads life, teachings and legacy. 

"Life can be a confusing journey. There are so many choices and paths that can be taken that the true things in life that matter get jumbled and skewed. Sometimes the only way one can find clarity is the guidance of someone with experience.
This is a gentle story that speaks of life and the little things that make a big difference. The story is written with great love and tenderness that is rarely seen. This is a quick read and would make a nice gift for life changing events."    — Reviewer

I Can't Help Myself

After making the mistake of installing Windows Vista on my computer last year, I said no more and bought a Mac and no longer have problems. 

Believe in me

Ten year-old Dalton Sherman, a fifth grader, was the opening keynote at a big beginning-of-school pep rally for the Dallas Independent School District. He was speaking to thousands of people.

I would love to meet the parents, teachers and mentors behind this remarkable young man.  The result is living proof of what is possible when a child is given proper guidance and when he believes in himself.

In The News

I'm not sure if I would act any different?  Hopefully God would grant me grace in this situation?

DELTONA, Fla. —  An angry Deltona father whacked his teenage daughter's boyfriend with a metal pipe after finding the boy naked in his daughter's room.

Authorities say the father, 45, didn't even know his daughter had a boyfriend or that the youngster had been sneaking into the home for more than a year.

When he heard noises coming from his daughter's bedroom Thursday morning and saw a stranger standing naked on the girl's bed, he swung a metal pipe. He then chased the teen out the front door and called police.

The boy was taken to the hospital where doctors closed a head wound with staples.

The father was charged with aggravated battery on a child and bonded out on $10,000.

A New Direction

I have been praying for months now asking God what direction to take Legacy Dad and finally I have an answer. 

I am one man and to think that my struggles, knowledge and experience can relate to all situations is pretty arrogant. There are many fathers with similar situations, struggles and solutions as me and I have decided that I would like to make Legacy Dad a repository for all this knowledge and struggle.    

So in the future, there will be multiple authors sharing on Legacy Dad.  All of us are at different stages in our lives, walks with Christ and in parenting.  We all have different strengths and weaknesses which will lead to a fuller, richer environment here at Legacy Dad.

In the future, I hope to move Legacy Dad to a fully functioning portal where dads can come for advice, support and most of all for a blueprint of how to successful (and not successful) parent using biblical principles and morals. 

Get ready, it's going to get exciting around here.

Out Of Hiding

Okay, I've been hiding long enough.  The emails I've been getting from people wondering where I am is getting overwhelming. 

Although, Legacy Dad continues to get great traffic even though I am not writing?

All is well, the move went well, my wife aced all her finals and is still a 4.0 GPA, she will probably graduate Summa Cum Laude. (smarty pants!)

The family is getting settled and I am once again deep in learning my third language on top of trying to get back into shape.  This equates to dieting, which I hate,  running 10-15 miles per week and hitting the gym 3 times per week.   

I've been looking for some inspiration to help me write but really it's not there? 

Rather than force it, I figure I will write at periodic times when things come to me rather than trying to post 3 times per week.

So, life is good...

...except for the diet

The New Look of Legacy Dad

I'm trying some new ideas to spruce up the look of Legacy Dad, let me know if you like it or not.  I like the look of Dad Gone Mad and Copyblogger so this is me trying to work on my meager website design skills. 

Ciao'