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Allan Shedlin

Aug 6, 2020

Be the Role Model You Wanted As A Kid

What I wanted back then was access to an adult with whom I could take refuge & trust to let me vent...Luckily, my dad recognized this too.

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Mommying Helps Me Cope with COVID-19 Isolation and Dad Grief

Allan Shedlin

Jul 29, 2020

Mommying Helps Me Cope with COVID-19 Isolation and Dad Grief

My own personal grief has been set aside while we mourn so many things before COVID19. The pandemic made me be the mother I dreamed of being

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Rebuilding My Relationship With Dad Now That He's Gone

Allan Shedlin

Jul 15, 2020

Rebuilding My Relationship With Dad Now That He's Gone

It was only in the following days, weeks, & years that I realized his passing was just the beginning of a new kind of relationship with him.

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A Different Perspective: Four Father’s Days Plus One

Allan Shedlin

Jun 17, 2020

A Different Perspective: Four Father’s Days Plus One

I’ll be celebrated this Sunday like millions of other dads on our official Father’s Day, but prefer to celebrate my four OTHER father's days

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I Am Not My Father’s Daughter – Wait, Yes I Am

Allan Shedlin

Jun 4, 2020

I Am Not My Father’s Daughter – Wait, Yes I Am

Judge Monica Zamora proudly declares herself to be her father's daughter.

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Mindfulness Helps Honor What's Important On Memorial Day

Allan Shedlin

May 20, 2020

Mindfulness Helps Honor What's Important On Memorial Day

Armor Down founder and DADvisor Ben King teaches us a new way to give honor and observe Memorial Day with our families through mindfulness.

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Allan Shedlin

May 13, 2020

Sometimes the Heart Will Not Be Bullied

This was not at all what I imagined becoming a dad would be like...being a dad is more than just who you are, it's something you do.

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Lessons From Mom On The First Mother's Day Without Her

Allan Shedlin

May 9, 2020

Lessons From Mom On The First Mother's Day Without Her

This is the first year DCG's Scott Beller won't be wishing his mom a happy Mother's Day.

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Allan Shedlin

Apr 22, 2020

A Eulogy For My Socially-Distant Dad

By the time he died, my father had become adept at social distancing. I didn't know it would take me more than 15 yrs to write his eulogy.

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Soul Searching and Daddy Yearning In COVID-19 Isolation

Allan Shedlin

Apr 15, 2020

Soul Searching and Daddy Yearning In COVID-19 Isolation

The men of my family were men of small rooms. I think of this as I begin another week of social distancing.

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Fathering The Sickness (AKA Ministering to the Sick)

Allan Shedlin

Apr 8, 2020

Fathering The Sickness (AKA Ministering to the Sick)

Dad wouldn’t have done anything different in a pandemic. He was always stockpiling essentials.

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Our Daddying Thoughts Post-Election

Dear Dads, You're Neither Damned nor Doomed

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