I read this poem by Rupi Kaur that spoke to me as a man, a father of a daughter, and a pastor.
* * * *
to fathers with daughters
every time you
tell your daughter
you yell at her
out of love
you teach her to confuse
anger with kindness
which seems like a good idea
till she grows up to
trust men who hurt her
cause they look so much
like you
* * * *
I am thankful for this poem.
It reminds me that… Read More
Today is Ashah Joy Elizabeth’s 13th birthday… so here are 13 things I am learning in my 13 years of being Ashah’s Daddy:
I recently watched The Well Digger’s Daughter on Netflix. It’s a subtitled French film about a widowed well digger raising his six daughters in the Provence countryside at the start of World War I. The film got 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, so I expected it to be pretty good.
The movie is beautiful and all french-like (if you’re into that sort of thing).
The plot of the film has the well digger’s oldest daughter Patricia returning home from Paris to help raise her sisters. Her father hopes to marry her off to his loyal well-digging assistant…
But when she’s impregnated by a wealthy young pilot who promptly abandons… Read More
