🌟 SENIOR YEAR #DADNOTES 🌟

You can’t take back the words you don’t say 😉

#DadLunchNotes to Addison, No. 1490
December 2, 2025

#senioryear🎓 #parenting #fatherhood #handwriting #relationships

🌟 SENIOR YEAR #DADNOTES 🌟

Too many times, our emotions can cloud our judgment. Emotions tell us how we feel, but they don’t always tell us the truth.

#DadLunchNotes to Addison, No. 1447
September 19, 2025

#senioryear🎓 #parenting #fatherhood
#suicideprevention #mentalhealth

Always be 100% in.

There will be people who fake it through life, but that will catch up to them in the end.

#DadLunchNotes to Jackson, No. 725
August 18, 2025

#teenagers #parenting

I was a 14-year-old boy once (Hard to imagine, right?). I didn’t like to read books for school or for pleasure.

Jack has been “reading” Moneyball by Michael Lewis since March. He gave up and watched the movie instead. 🤦🏻‍♂️

#DadLunchNotes to Jackson, No. 718
August 7, 2025

#teenagers #parenting

Today is the first day of Addy’s senior year of high school.

She’s excited.

Ashleigh and I are a wreck.

#DadLunchNotes to Addison, No. 1418
August 7, 2025

#parenting #fatherhood

Celebrate #AprilFools Day responsibly.

#DadLunchNotes

One of our LSU professors shared this quote during commencement and it has stuck with me since.

Bored? Make yourself necessary.
Unsure of your talents? Make yourself necessary.
Not sure what to do? Make yourself necessary.

#DadLunchNotes to Addison, #️⃣1️⃣3️⃣5️⃣1️⃣
January 7, 2025

#motivation #parenting

We have no one to blame but ourselves if/when our trains go off the tracks. We’re the conductor.

Choo choo.

#DadLunchNotes to Jackson, #️⃣6️⃣4️⃣1️⃣
December 9, 2024

#Monday #relationships #parenting

Being an adult is hard, but being a teenager is harder.

#DadLunchNotes (December 6, 2024)
#️⃣1️⃣3️⃣3️⃣6️⃣ to Addison
#️⃣6️⃣4️⃣0️⃣ to Jackson

#Friday #relationships #parenting

Several years ago, I didn’t want to live anymore.

Imagine had I’d given up.

Some people aren’t as lucky to make it this far.

#DadLunchNotes (November 22, 2022)
#️⃣9️⃣7️⃣2️⃣ to Addison
#️⃣2️⃣7️⃣4️⃣ to Jackson

#Thanksgiving #mentalhealth

Everything I say and everything I write is “dad” for “I love you.”

#DadLunchNotes (November 22, 2024)
#️⃣1️⃣3️⃣3️⃣1️⃣ to Addison
#️⃣6️⃣3️⃣5️⃣ to Jackson

#Friday #parenting #relationships #Thanksgiving

60% of the time, I’m right all the time.

#DadLunchNotes (November 21, 2024)
#️⃣1️⃣3️⃣3️⃣0️⃣ to Addison
#️⃣6️⃣3️⃣4️⃣ to Jackson

#Thursday #lifelessons #parenting

Apparently I had a them today…

#DadLunchNotes
#️⃣1️⃣3️⃣2️⃣9️⃣ to Addison
#️⃣6️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ to Jackson

#Wednesday

As boys and men, we are told that outwardly expressing emotions is not “manly.” Screw that. This is why we have the toxic masculinity issue we have now.

There are no bad emotions…just bad responses to the emotions you share or don’t share.

#DadLunchNotes to Jackson, #️⃣6️⃣3️⃣2️⃣
November 19, 2024

Relationships aren’t multiple choice.

Don’t let yourself be someone’s else option.

#DadLunchNotes to Addison, #️⃣1️⃣3️⃣2️⃣7️⃣
November 18, 2024

#monday #mondaymotivation #parenting

I write this message at a time when I’m afraid of trying to get a second book published.

I had a bad experience with my first book despite selling more than 5,000 copies. I’ve convinced myself that I’m not good enough for a traditional publisher.

#DadLunchNotes to Jackson, #️⃣6️⃣3️⃣0️⃣
November 15, 2024

I have certain nonnegotiables in my personal and professional life. These things do not change…no matter how much temptation is thrown at me.

There is nothing that I crave so much that I would be willing to sell my morals or ethics.

#DadLunchNotes to Addison, #️⃣1️⃣3️⃣2️⃣5️⃣
November 14, 2024

#parenting