December 1, 1993. I’ll never forget that day for as long as I live. I was 15 years old and so was she. That afternoon I heard the house phone ring while I was in my room playing video games. A few minutes later I …

Happy holiday (happy holiday), Happy holiday (happy holiday), While the merry bells keep ringing, Happy holiday to you,” sang Andy Williams over the speakers in my Tacoma. It was a bright and brisk winter morning in December of 2014. The girls and I were headed …

Written by Greg Hicks “This is my story, this is my song, praising my savior all the day long”. It was raining on Father’s Day as I stared at those words on the screen of my church. I stood there alone with tears in my …

When I was first approached to write this column, one of the questions I had was exactly what the readers would want to see.  “Normal stuff and also specifics like how they are different, sports, when they start dating…” and I held my breath.  Dating…. …

Girl dad. That’s me. But it hasn’t always been me. In fact, I was 180 degrees away from this life in 2007. I work in a blue-collar industry that’s rough and gritty, I love hunting and fishing, and was once called “a man’s man” by …