Father Friday 7 - Best of the Week from Blogging Parents

Graphic by Chris @ Daddy Doctrines



September.

Derived from the Latin septum, meaning seven. So named for the seventh month in the Roman calendar, set into place around the time Julius Caesar ruled the Roman Empire long before that "unfortunate" team meeting on the Ides of March.

I love the month...and I hate the month.

September is great because it means the start of a new school year. A new set of students, a new bundle of adventures on the pedagogical roller coaster we call fifth grade. It is an exciting time.

September is tiring because it means the start of a new school year. A new set of assessments to give, levels to check, a new bundle of individual personality quirks to learn on the emotional roller coaster we call fifth grade. It is an exhausting time.

September is usually the month where my blog gets more neglected than Lindsay Lohan's parole provisions. Then September rolls into October, which then rolls into November, and so on and so forth. Suddenly, one sunny morning in May, I brush the cobwebs from my laptop and remember that I have a blog I love to write for.

A side benefit for me personally in starting both The Father 100 and Father Fridays is that they will hopefully be the burr under my saddle to remember to stick with it throughout the school year. They are also great because they afford me a weekly chance to read some great writing by moms and dads from across the continent and across the ocean.

So...enough whining...onto the links!

The guidelines...

1. You need to be a father. New father, old father, soon to be father, want some day to be a father, father...doesn't matter. You just need to be a dad. (Or a really awesome mom that meets the same criteria!)

2. You must own and maintain your own blog.

3. If you meet the requirements for rules one and two, look back over your posts from the past week, from Friday to Friday. Re-read them all.

4. Choose the post you feel was your particular BEST for the week. It can be funny, helpful, sad, dramatic, deep, light...whatever. Pick the post that most reflects you and what your awesome blog has to offer.


5. Follow the host. That's me. It's quick and painless and I always follow back. (This part is optional, but oh so appreciated!)


6. Put your blog address and a short description of the post in the Linky link located below. Be short but concise. (You know...like Twitter!)


7. After you are on the list, surf the posts of the other dads and follow as many as you can. Read and above all else COMMENT! We all know that comments are to bloggers what a keg of Dear Park water is to a desert nomad. COMMENT, COMMENT, COMMENT!


8. Grab the code below, create a new post on your blog, and enter it so you can share the growing list with all your followers. Then just sit back and let it grow!

Don't forget to share the link to this post via Twitter, Email, IM, carrier pigeon, or artistic highway rest stop bathroom graffiti. The more moms and dads we can get to link up, the more we can influence our corner of the web with good, positive, humorous parenting.