My dad was an exceptional man and I was, and am, so proud to be his daughter. He was a physician who dabbled in woodworking. He traveled extensively to scuba...

As kids of divorce, I think you can go one of two ways. You either want nothing to do with marriage or you have all these ideas about how you're going to do ...

You have just received what is possibly the worst news of your life. Your incredible and devoted wife of 21 years, mother to your 9 children- 6 boys and 3 gi...

I've been married for 26 years and have three sons with my husband,  Derek Tullis Sr.  Our boys are all grown now but they are very much connected to us in e...

May 1, 2018, I nervously walked into my Mother’s hospital room and saw her. She had been viciously attacked by two Pit Bulls the night before and throughout ...

On March 23, 2001, I was brought into this world and introduced to my mother, Ivey Brandon. She has taken care of me for the past 18 years and I couldn’t tha...

My mom, Ruth Kelley, affectionately known as “Truth,” raised three boys in South Central Los Angeles, where I was born. My father voluntarily vanished months...

Remembering Portia White By Theresa S. Thames I remember the phone call. Portia on the other end with her calm voice barely above a whisper saying, “Girrrrl,...

Married Father of 2 Virginia I was about 3 months away from graduating from college when my then girlfriend, Jennifer, came to me to inform me that I was abo...

Married Father of 3 Washington, D.C. I became a father to my daughter Jasani in my early twenties while attending graduate school. The moment I met my daught...

Engaged Father of 5 Atlanta, Georgia My name is Garfield, I am now 44 years old. I have been a father since the age of 19. Fatherhood has not been easy road,...

Single Father of 1 Annapolis, Maryland At the beginning of the year, I committed to a “one word goal.” The one word goal is an alternative to new years reso...

Married⁣ Father of 2⁣ Atlanta, Georgia⁣ ⁣ “Oh, man, I can’t believe you're gonna do it again!  Are you crazy? Wouldn’t be me!”⁣ ⁣ All too often this was the ...

Married Father of 1 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania On February 6, 2019, my son will be 20 months old.  I remember before he was born, I would talk to people about ...

Married Father of 5 Greenbelt, Maryland “It is one thing to accept defeat. It is another thing to give up.” I got that from my grandfather, Eugene B. William...

Married Father of 1 Washington, D.C. It’s happened, literally, thousands of times. Yet, the first time is the one I remember most vividly. Bending down, with...

Married Father of 3 Tampa, Florida My son, Alex, was born with cerebral palsy. He has always had difficulties with strength and maintaining his balance which...

Married Father of 3 California It was during my junior year in high school & kind of a chilly Friday night back in NC. I was coming home late after beating o...