Brothers and Sisters Keeper
You remember last post when a girl in my class asked what to do...
Author Archives: Par Donahue
A Hard Lesson
For the next couple of weeks I will be very busy finishing up...
A fire breathing Bear?
Sunday, Mary and I had the pleasure of taking one of our grand daughters...
Clean enough to be healthy, dirty enough to be fun, or is it the other way around?
How many times have I come home from work and asked Mary if she...
Life’s like this!
Last summer we visited our daughter and son-in-law in Dayton, Ohio. While there, we...
Just one wish!
Last week a 15 Y/0 boy from a neighborhood near us was...
Another reason to be thankful
I have been asked to write a foreword to a book written by...
A Poem for Daddy
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What makes Father’s Day special?
I hope you all had a great Father’s Day weekend! I surely did! Father’s...
Good Food Makes Good Neighbors
Robert Frost in his famous poem, “Mending Wall”, heard his neighbor say, “Good fences...
Who do you know whoes life is going up in smoke?
Some fifty years after the surgeon general’s report linking smoking to cancer, tobacco continues...
Marijuana as medicine, Really?
A poll in this morning’s Tennessean stated that 44% of Tennesseans agree that, “Marijuana...
Charity begins at home, but it doesn’t stay there!
Earlier this week Mary and I had the privilege of attending a reception at...
A major way to save kids lives and save lots of money at the same time!
What if some sort of intervention could have prevented 322 million illnesses, 21 million...
What makes some boys great?
I re-learned another great lesson recently, and yes, it was from a boy, or...
Regret and Fear
I hope all of you had as great an Easter as I did! Mary...
Where do dads find strength and motivation?
I would like to share some of the things I leaned at a funeral...
How Safe is Safe Enough?
I recently read an article in the AAP News that the US Customer Product...
Should your teen work?
Ever wonder if your teenager should get a job? Wonder no more! The answer...
Is it safe to text while walking?
Friday night Mary was invited by our son Sean to see George Strait! Sean...
Did you ever have a really great baby sitter?
National Babysitters Day I had a wonderful surprise yesterday, not a big surprise,...
What can I do with my “Hormone raging” kids?
Recently, after dinner at a friend’s house, my wife Mary and I were relaxing...
Is there such a thing as a good tattoo?
I don’t care much for tattoos, but I saw a young man yesterday with...
What’s it all about?
When one of my daughters-in-law reads a book she often reads the first chapter...
Plan a post prom party!
With spring just around the corner, can high school proms be far behind? They...
OF COURSE WE CAN MULTITASK! OR CAN WE?
One beautiful spring afternoon, when I was a resident, I was home studying and...
Learning from my favorite chef!
Last week “The Tennessean” featured a chef I wish I could meet. When...
The Ten Commandments of Love
This weekends reading of the Gospel, Mathew 5:17-37, reminds us that it is not...
Probably not the worst parenting mistake we made, but still funny!
When our first son was born we were more protective than the best (or...
Who do you know who lives in Ireland?
I am writing an article for “Regina Magazine”, and need some information about high...
What’s happening to pediatrics?
Sunday my wife Mary, and I were invited to talk about “Parenting and Cultural...
Are you in charge of your kids? or are they in charge of you?
A post I just read reminded me of a something I saw in a...
Forgiveness, What other option do we have?
I have written many time of the things I have learned from kids and...
Mother’s Birthday
Yesterday would have been my mother’s 100th birthday! Her goal was to live to...
There’s no place like home!
Just before breakfast yesterday Mary told me The New Your Times must be reading...