Tonight I sat down with Dr. James Onate. Jimmy is a friend and educator at THE Ohio State University. We talk sports, science, comparisons, recruiting and THE University of North Carolina. By far I was not the smartest guy on … Continue reading Unscripted with Dr James Onate
I am not the only one that started a podcast during the pandemic. Actually, I would argue that I don’t even have the best podcast in my own house. Continue reading Unscripted with Emma Conrad
Tonight I sat down with The Community Engagement Director for Right Moves for Youth in Charlotte, North Carolina, Ryan Grammatico. He is doing incredible things for his community to change the score. Continue reading Unscripted with Ryan Grammatico
How do you explain where we are right now? I am not sure many adults can understand it, let alone children. So, here was my answer….. Continue reading Where We Are
Since I am an equal opportunity father and Princess 1.0 got a guest post yesterday, it is Princess 2.0 turn today. The day before her 15th birthday she put this together all on her own. These are her words. This … Continue reading 10 Things I’ve Learned by Brynn Conrad
“Hey dad, can you read my essay?” That’s the words I heard. When I read it I could not be more proud of Princess 1.0. THAT and it’s my blog and I’ll post what I want to. I’m biased but … Continue reading Multi-Sport Athletes By Emma Conrad
I’m not sure about anyone else that reads this, but so often lately I have found myself out of bandwidth. There’s only so much time in a day. With “the boy” graduating and off to college and Princess 1.0 not … Continue reading This Time
Right about the time that this ol’ blog got started, an artist named Jeremy Camp was just coming on the scene. In some odd way, Jeremy’s career and this blog have grown up together. I have let this site go … Continue reading I Still Believe – Movie Review
Tis the season. Each year about this time, we start to receive Christmas cards from friends and family across the United States. Some send a card. Others send a newsletter with updates on what is happening with their family. All … Continue reading Why You Won’t Get Our Christmas Card
We are just days away from loading up the car and making our way to Mount Vernon Nazarene University for your freshman year. As I stood next you yesterday, all I could think to myself were these simple words…..it’s your … Continue reading I’ll Always Remember You Young
I see you travel baseball mom and dad. I’ve been there. You’re currently in that 2-3 week insanity that starts about a week or two before the season ends. Maybe it’s a text or an email. Could be a phone … Continue reading What I’ll Miss The Most
Tomorrow these eyes turn Sweet 16. It doesn’t seem possible. I originally wrote this a long time ago. It’s still true today. Happy Sweet 16 Miss Emma. You’ll always be my Princess 1.0. I love you. These eyes captured me … Continue reading These Eyes
*Repost from May, 2016 I was standing in the grocery store a few minutes ago, looking at Mother’s Day cards. What a sobering moment that turned out to be. Tomorrow, I will pause to reflect and remember my mom. Maybe … Continue reading Remembering Mom
I can’t lie, this has been one of the harder posts for me to write. 18 years. It went by way too fast. Wasn’t I just watching Barney more times than I can count? Weren’t we just rushing out the … Continue reading You’re Ready. I’m Not
I’m going to fall on the sword here. Guys, this is something we need to be aware of. I’ll be honest and say that I am NOT good at recognizing this. It’s not that I don’t have massive amounts of respect … Continue reading The Easy Silence
