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‘I Can’t Believe Dad Is Back’: My Son’s Words and What a Child’s Grief Over Absence Taught Me
I have been away from home for close to two months. Last week, I returned. What met me was not…
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Ọmọ Ẹni Kú, Ó Sàn Jú Ọmọ Ẹni Nù Lọ
I took a break from this column last week. It was not because my heart was not there. It…
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May 16 was the International Day of the Boy Child. I was not with Tieri. He is four years old…
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#50PlusDad Reflections
I write #50PlusDad on Mondays. Last Monday, I could not write. I had been on the road: Port Harcourt to…
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#50PlusDad Reflections
If I must talk to my child about life, I must talk to him about his sexuality. Not sex education…
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Presence Beyond Proximity: Though Away from Tieri, Still Present in His Heart
For close to two weeks now, I have been away from my son. In this quiet stretch of distance, I…
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Tieri: “Daddy, I Want to Go with You” Me: “Tieri, Daddy Will Soon Be Back Before You Know It” My…
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The Child We Must Not Silence
Tieri is four years old, and his words often leave me in awe. There are moments when he says something…
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What Tieri Is Teaching Me About Courtesy
One of the quiet privileges of fatherhood is the opportunity to witness, in real time, the formation of a child’s…
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#50PlusDad Reflections on Mothering Sunday: My Mother’s Story, Our Mothers’ Burden
When I think about Mothering Sunday, I do not begin with the calendar. I begin with my mother. I think…
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