So I went viral ....
This is truly 'be careful what you wish for' situation because there would be plenty of days where I would wish I had a lot of peopl
NE --> NC --> NY --> MD --> VA --> NE
Back in December, I went back to my high school hometown of Bellevue, Nebraska for the first time in 23 years. I didn't write about it...
'FFRROM NORTH! CAROLINA!....AT GUARD! 6'6!.....'
Back in the Spring of 1986 while me and my family were living in Germany, my mom saw that I needed some more shoes. She told my dad to...
Sinbad - Brain Damaged
When I was growing up in the 80's and 90's, stand up comedy was a huge entertainment enterprise. We had big time stand up comedians on...
Boys Trip
Recently, the Cannady's split into two groups: the Cannady girls went down to Panama City, FL and the Cannady guys went up to NYC. It was...
Cool Dad
Most of the dads that I knew and observed while I was growing up never struck me as 'cool'. The dads I knew were always a little goofy...
Happy Mothers Day
Strictly by the name of this blog, A Father's Glow, its pretty obvious that most of my writings are about being a father, fatherhood,...
Happy Birthday Sweet Sweet
Photo by: Jonella Culmer When Ayren and i found out that she was pregnant with our first kid, Trey, we waited literally until he was born...
A hard conversation to have.....
A few weeks ago driving Trey to school, we listen to a news report on the radio about Stephen Clark. The conversation went like this:...
Supporting my son in an unfamiliar endeavor
When I was younger, I really only knew of three team sports: soccer, football, and of course, basketball. During the summer, my friends...
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