Me Blogging?:
Welcome to the new adventure I chose to embark on. Some will ask why, and some will think I am insane. Being a writer is new to me, and it has never been a strong skill. Writing was, along with reading, by far and away my worst subject growing up. If it did not involve numbers, it was a hard pass for me.
But writing fell into my lap. After years of working in customer service, I was asked to join a pilot program through my job. A program as a writer. As a writer after all my success has come from data and numbers. Not showing any skills as a writer I was asked to be one. And it came from a boss who only knew me for my mathematical skills. We never really saw eye to eye and maybe that is why she asked me to be one. To make me fail. After all, I made her look foolish plenty of times with my data sets. I now have her to thank for my recent success at work and the confidence to start a blog.
Everything I see with starting a blog is choosing a niche. Something you are passionate about and something you can write about day after day. There are plenty of topics I am passionate about, but very few that I think I could successfully write about daily. But then it clicked. Seeing all kinds of mommy blogs, I thought why not start a daddy one? I am one. I am more passionate about that than anything else in this universe. I can write 100s of stories daily about just that day’s adventures.
So, if you are reading this, it means you are about to join me on this journey into a wonderfully chaotic, always entertaining, and occasionally exhausting life as a dad to four beautiful daughters. That’s right—four daughters. I am a girl dad. Some days I feel like I am running a small kingdom, and others I feel like the kingdom is being overthrown. Mostly There are highs and lows and plenty of meltdowns (from the kids and myself).
The real question is: why start? Why jump into something you have zero experience in and think you are going to be good at it? And if I am I am being honest with myself, I think it will fail. But I am not going to give up and hope that someday, my girls can look back at this as a time capsule to their childhood. Reading stories through the lens of their dad. They don’t know I’m doing this. My wife doesn’t even know. She would be 1000% supportive, but in the back of her mind and not saying out loud that she knows I will fail. She is the creative one. She is growing an empire all of her own, but that is a story for another time.
I have been looking for a new way to document the moments that make my life unique. Moments that are hilarious, challenging, and deeply meaningful. Being a “girl dad” isn’t just a role; it’s an adventure filled with unexpected lessons, hair disasters, and more bedtime stories than one could imagine.
Here is what you can expect:
- Daily Life: The ups, downs, and laugh-out-loud moments that make this family tick.
- Parenting Stories: Wins, loses, and all in between.
- Humor: What is a dad if not a constant joke book? And sometimes if you are not laughing at experiences, you are crying
- Lessons Learned: My thoughts on raising confident, kind, and strong daughters (and more of what they have taught me).
- Tips and Traditions: From getting ready for school to highly sought-after daddy-daughter dates.
This blog is not about pretending I am the perfect dad. Spoiler: far from it. It’s about sharing my real-life moments and what makes being a girl dad so much fun and rewarding—and maybe helping you see the humor in your parenting chaos.
Whether you are a fellow parent, a future dad, or just someone who wants a glimpse into the world of raising four girls, I hope you can find something that will make you smile, laugh, or think. A house full of girls is never boring. And honestly? I would not have it any other way.
Thanks for joining me on this journey—I cannot wait to share more.