…my father was killed in a motorcycle accident. I can still tell you exactly where I was and what I was doing when I got the call. The next few days were pretty hectic, so I really didn’t have a lot of time to process it. I was the one having to deal with the funeral home, insurance companies, bank accounts, and bills. We were given 30 days to get all of his stuff out of the house he was renting, which wasn’t an easy task since my brother and I both lived several hundred miles away. That April was a very busy, and hard, month for my family.
My dad was a good man, an honest man, and a very hard worker. My brother and I grew up working alongside him on our family farm. He taught us a lot. We worked hard, but we also learned how to think and figure things out. Dad was a really smart guy, and the strong work ethic, problem solving skills, and ingenuity he instilled in me have served me well. I may not be a famous billionaire, but I have gone much farther in life than anyone in our little farm town would have ever thought.
So on this anniversary, and with him as part of my inspiration, I am launching Forging Fatherhood.
Forging Fatherhood will become a catalog of my experience as a father and husband, the good and the bad. It will be a listing of successes, mistakes, failures, triumphs, and maybe even a few confessions. But more than that, it is also a journal of the things I am learning and trying to accomplish as I strive to become better.
As I forge ahead in my role as a father, these are the things I am using to shape my life. By being open and honest, my hope is that I can pass on the things that I have learned so that other fathers can be better prepared for what’s coming, or perhaps find some guidance and relief when they are in the trenches themselves. My ultimate goal is for this to become a resource for fathers out there everywhere, and to help them become better.
So here it is, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Welcome To Forging Fatherhood.
– Eric