by Josh Rodriguez | Jul 2, 2021 | Fatherhood, Lead Dad, Parenting, Uncategorized
The Worst Dad of the Year I stood there with the other dads. There weren’t many of us. Six. Maybe 8. All lined up like a row of sweaty Kindergartners after a rip roaring recess on the playground. Though we hadn’t been playing freeze tag or foursquare or...
by Josh Rodriguez | Aug 12, 2016 | daughters, Fatherhood
We were a couple weeks out from a much needed family vacation. It had been more than three years since we had left town as a big ole wonderful herd. I had been on several out of town business trips since then, but that isn’t the same. We were all pretty pumped...
by Josh Rodriguez | Jul 31, 2016 | Bedtime, Fatherhood
He must think he is being pretty sneaky. The room is dark and I am sure he believes no one is watching. But I am. Watching and listening. And loving every minute. He is playing with two Little People and they are carrying on a conversation that seems to be a little...
by Josh Rodriguez | Jul 22, 2016 | Dad-deVotional, Family, Fatherhood, Leadership
Ephesians 5:25-29 (NKJV) Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her…So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but...
by Josh Rodriguez | Jun 19, 2016 | Family, Fatherhood, new dad
Back in 2009, I started my first blog as a commemoration of leaving my 20s and moving into the “dreaded” 30’s. It was a pretty big deal for me at the time. I was no longer “young”, I thought. Approaching the threshold of middle aged was...