Dad Bloggers Best of 2012

Good afternoon readers.  

One of my best Dad Blogging buddies, Oren Miller aka Blogger Father from A  Blogger and a Father, recently started a Facebook Dad Bloggers group.  Dad bloggers from all over the world have quickly been joining up, and together we have formed quite a diverse and interesting group of dedicated fathers, who also just happen to like to share our parenting experiences in the form of Web Logs.

With 2012 now in the rear view, Oren also compiled from the group a listing of what each contributor considered his favorite posting of the past year from their individual blog.  The list has been posted at more than one of the participating blogs and for your reading enjoyment I am also posting the list here at LIAYF.  

Please take the time to visit as many of these Dad Blogs as you can - and to leave a comment when possible. I have been 'Dad Blogging' for nearly 5 years now but am continually amazed at the influx of talented new writers who are choosing to write about their variety of experiences as fathers & role models to their kids.

With all that said, here are the best post of 2012 as submitted by The Dad Bloggers Facebook Group:

A Sublime Parenting Moment - My own favorite here at Luke, I am Your Father

• Father. Daughter. Big Wheel. Ruling the Neighborhood on Three Wheels... - James Zahn/The Rock Father
• Looking At My Boy – Oren Miller/A Blogger and a Father
• Gays, Muppets, Chicken + Jesus – Brent Almond/Designer Daddy
• Dear Hypothetically Gay Son – John Kinnear/Ask Your Dad Blog
• Why we have kids – Carter Gaddis/DadScribe
• Honoring Pearl Harbor – Rob Hatton
• Top 10 Phrases That Will Reduce a Parent To Tears – Dan Nessel/Dad Does
• “May Your Song Always Be Sung” – Bill Peebles/ihopeiwinatoaster
• Saying Goodbye To “Campa” – Matt Peregoy/The Real Matt Daddy
• The Upside of Timidity – Ramon E. Colon/Ray’s Blog
• “Dad, Does Our ‘Elf on the Shelf’ Have a Penis?” - Kyle James/Rather Be Shopping
• Biggest Legends of The West in One Photograph: Fake or Real? – Mike E. Henderson/The Gizzard Stone
• toys reflect our story - Vincent Daly/CuteMonster
• A Daddies First Miscarriage and the Feelings That Come With It – Keith Hancock/Daddyplace
• Raising Children Without A Father Of My Own – Chris Read/Canadian Dad
• Spider-Man, My Kids and the Kissing Episode – Andrew Kardon/Mommy’s Busy…Go Ask Daddy!
• On holding hands (a meditation on being a father) – Neal Call/Raised By My Daughter
• The Parenting Wars… Starring Legos – John Willey/Daddy’s In Charge?
• Who’s shoes to fill…. - Theron Bostic/Active Duty Dad
• Lighting the flame – Olly Du Croz/The P Word
• the intro… – Jeff Tepper/Ay yo, Be a Father
• Giving from the Heart - James Hudyma/Dads Round Table
• In Eulogy: The Father I Never Knew… And How That Pertains To You – Adam Dolgin/Fodder 4 Fathers
• Rianne's Birth Story ...- Ricky Shetty/Daddy Blogger