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My Husband and cancer.

My Husband, at 32 years old was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer. We attend NewSpring Church. In Spring of this year they asked my husband to make a video, talking about his faith and his views on cancer. I would like to share it with you all.…


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Added by Mandy Smith on July 27, 2010 at 9:56am — No Comments

Daddy-bashing is Suddenly Cool! What Should Dads Do?

Daddy-bashing is suddenly cool. The cover story of the latest Atlantic proclaims "The End of Men: How Women Are Taking Control -- of Everything," while inside the magazine Pamela Paul poses the emasculating question, "Are Fathers Necessary?" Her answer, after sifting through the research: probably not. Social scientists have been unable to prove that dads contribute much, she reports. The effort and quality of parenting are what really matter, not parents' gender.

"The bad…

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Added by Bruce Feiler on June 19, 2010 at 10:13am — No Comments

6 Good Men: The Council of Dads Adds New Twist to Friendship

From the New York Daily News.

Bruce Feiler's twin daughters, Eden and Tybee, were 3 when he was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer in 2008. Just days afterward, the best-selling…

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Added by Bruce Feiler on April 25, 2010 at 10:56am — No Comments

What Friends Are For: 5 Ways to Be a Better Friend Today

When my wife and I had identical twin daughters five years ago, we thought our friends would consider it "All Hands on Deck." Instead it was "Run the Other Way!" When I got cancer, we thought it would be "Run the Other Way." Instead we experienced the greatest act of friendship we ever felt.

When I learned I was sick, I worried about my three-year-old twin daughters. Would they wonder who I was? Would they yearn for my love? My voice?

I soon thought of a way I…

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Added by Bruce Feiler on April 14, 2010 at 11:19pm — No Comments

Welcome to The Council of Dads

Bestselling author Bruce Feiler was a young father when he was diagnosed with cancer. He instantly worried what his daughters’ lives might be like without him. "Would they wonder who I was? Would they wonder what I thought? Would they lack for my approval, my discipline, my voice?"



Three days later he came up with a stirring idea of how he might give them that voice. He would reach out to six men from all the passages in his life and ask them to be present through the passages in… Continue

Added by Bruce Feiler on April 2, 2010 at 6:30pm — No Comments

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