Dementia, Death, and Deceit: Three Dad Stories for Father's Day

Happy almost Father’s Day!

Tomorrow (Wednesday, June 11), Lawrence Winnerman and I are thrilled to bring The Opinionated Ogre back to our Live podcast, The Daily Whatever.

We originally asked the Ogre because he’s an incredible father, and we wanted a story to balance our painful ones. But then he shared the story of his own father with us, and… wow. We realized we three share a pained history with our dads.

But more importantly—we share a wish to heal generational wounds, and to parent (and uncle) from a place of hard-earned wisdom and clarity, not trauma.

Revisiting our origin stories to write about them has helped us each process our upbringings and the hardships that lived where paternal love should be. We’re going to share and unpack our stories in greater detail tomorrow on the Live podcast, and we welcome you to join us and share your own stories.

We’d love if you’d read our stories first, so you’ll arrive with some context:

• “I’m Not Your Biological Father” - My Life as a Jerry Springer Episode by The Opinionated Ogre

• If I'd Known You Were Gonna Die, I Wouldn't Have Baked You That Cake by Lawrence Winnerman

• Happy Father’s Day to My Dad, Who Has No Idea What Day It Is by Dana DuBois

Thanks, and we hope to see you all at 10am ET/7am PT for The Daily Whatever, Live at GenXy!