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What Texans Call Their Dads
What Texans Call Their Dads
What Texans Call Their Dads
The first sounds that babies make are usually with p and d, and that's why names like Papa and Dada attach themselves to fathers from the very beginning. What do you call your dad? Texans are falling right into line with the rest of the country, but we are making one huge mistake.
What Dad Really Wants for Father’s Day
What Dad Really Wants for Father’s Day
What Dad Really Wants for Father’s Day
Every year I text my dad to ask what he wants for Father's Day, and every year I get the same answer.  Barbecue sauce.  He's so low maintenance!  We've got some other gift ideas too, in case your pops aims a little higher.
Who Do You Honor on Veteran’s Day?
Who Do You Honor on Veteran’s Day?
Who Do You Honor on Veteran’s Day?
Tuesday, November 11th is Veteran's Day, and chances are there is someone in your life you celebrate and honor because they've served in the military in some capacity. For me, it's my Dad, who's a US Navy Veteran.  That's him in the pic, with my daughter at the County Fair a few years ago when she was 2.  That perfectly captures my dad.  He's the most honest, big-hearted, super-awesome human you c
Dad Gets A Smartphone And Learns To Text
Dad Gets A Smartphone And Learns To Text
Dad Gets A Smartphone And Learns To Text
My mom got my dad an iPhone for Father’s Day, and my first text from Dad arrived Monday. He needed a day or so to figure out how to text on this “newfangled thing,” but once he figured it out he didn’t mess around with just words. He sent me a pic! Of my grandma’s 1980-something Buick. And he didn’t say a word about it, just the pic. This is going to be a wild texting adventure with Pop.