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August 20, 2025

The Illusion of Grit: Mark’s Sustained Effort to Look Like a Father

Mark boasts about grit and “embracing the hard,” but the only hard he’s embraced is sustaining his victim narrative. For nearly two years he’s posted endlessly about being wronged—when it would take less effort to actually be a good father.

August 18, 2025

Fun and Games Don’t Raise Children

Mark is nearly three years behind on child support, refusing to provide for his sons in any meaningful way. But the greater tragedy isn’t just financial neglect—it’s the spiritual hypocrisy that risks turning his boys not only against him, but eventually against God Himself.

August 16, 2025

The Work That Never Gets Done

The saddest part of this story is not that time has been taken from him—it’s that he has chosen to give it away. He was able to drive 36 hours round trip to pick up a dog. He was willing to sit at a graduation he wasn’t legally allowed to attend. He travels to play pickleball. Yet he cannot take the single step required to begin the process of seeing his children again. The pathway has been clear, but it remains undone. Not because it was impossible, but because he chose not to walk it.

November 30, 2023

Between Anger and Sadness: A Father’s Choice

We live in the space between anger and sadness—anger at the attacks and refusal to do the work, and sadness for two boys who deserve a father willing to choose them. He could travel for a dog or to play pickleball, but not for the one appointment that could start rebuilding trust. Maybe someday he’ll choose differently. Until then, our love for Nathan and Liam never wavers.