Look Behind You!

Remember when you watched your first horror movie? Popcorn bucket in your lap. Comfy theater seat beneath you. Your date sitting beside you, huddled closely with white knuckles gripping your upper arm. Her eyes simultaneously bugged out and covered in fear. Remember when you had the vantage point of knowing who or what was behind the soon-to-be victim, and you scream at the screen...

“I Am A Princess”

Gentlemen…this is the princess we keep. These are our daughters. I know, I know. I’m aware of Disney’s critics over the years, and I’ve even sided with them from time to time. Our three-year-old princess is familiar with many of the Disney characters, even the ones we don’t want to influence her at this stage of her life (Hi, Ariel), BUT this video pretty...

Valuables: Daughters & Time

This video is making its rounds thoughout the webosphere, and it captured my full attention this morning on CNN while awaiting a flight. While the video is telling in itself, the CNN...

An Inkling of Change

At 9:01am on September 30, 2009, Meghann and I met the love of our lives when Mollie Anneliese made her grand entrance to life’s stage. She arrived in perfect health, perfect in every way. The little overachiever even scored a perfect 10 on the APGAR scale used by medical personnel in the delivery room immediately after birth. I remember holding her cute little screaming bundledness...

Stepping Up Is Courageous

“If you’re going to lead the orchestra, you must turn your back to the crowd.” That quote impacted me deeply when I watched this video about a new feature film called Courageous that opens in theaters on September 30, 2011. The gentleman who said those words is Carey Casey, founder of the National Center for Fathering and periodic contributor to PrincessKeepers.com,...

I Went to the Animal Fair

I went to the animal fair, The birds and the beasts were there; The big baboon by the light of the moon Was combing his auburn hair. You ought to have seen the monk, Who sat on the elephant’s trunk. The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees, And what became of the monk, the monk? Took my daughter for a great day at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence the other day. It was world...