Category: Fatherhood

Fatherhood

The Good Fight

For my friends in the USA there's a thing over here in the UK called Payment Protection Insurance and as it turns out many banks added this on to their customers accounts without them asking and now…
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Dreams reboot

One of the great things about stand-up comedy being my job for the last 30 years is the down time. It’s also a curse. As a comic you can’t help but thing about comedy constantly which begs the…
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questions from my son

So it's been almost four years since my London born wife and I adopted a little boy. He’s about to turn 6 and as I look into his young, bright eyes and find comfort from the way he’s always…
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Fast Forward

Big chunk of time has passed since I last posted anything and for good reason, I've been writing a book about becoming a father. I'm amazed I was able to write such a thing let alone the fact that it…
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Just Visiting

My son is very excited about getting back to the states this summer. He's been two times before so he has a good idea what's in-store. He wants to go to the beach, go camping, ride bicycles and ride…
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Just Routine

When I'm away from my son I obviously miss him and am thankful for the technology that gives us FaceTime but oddly enough it's the day to day routine I miss as well. Monday through Friday: he's awake…
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Stand your ground?

Growing up in America, more specifically North Idaho (yes, very much different than the southern part of the state) there were certain things you just took as a given. Without reading out a laundry…
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Uphill

Holy Crap! Being a dad is not for the faint of heart nor is it a part time endeavor, obviously. A five year old boy is relentless. At school his teachers sing his praises. He helps out, looks after…
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Curry Goat!

I'm lucky. Sure my son is of Afro-Caribbean decent and obviously I'm not. Scotch-Irish actually but my relatives are from the Caribbean and besides the fact they love him and think he's amazing…
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Are you serious?

Now that I'm the father of a five year old boy who's black I've been asked some amazing questions about my current situation and all of them are meant to be serious questions and as a result the…
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