Blog Launch: Start the Beginning

June 17, 2017|Fatherhood at Forty|

— June 17, 2017 —

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]t’s only too late if you never start. With these eight words, I formally launch my blog, Fatherhood@Forty. Welcome!

This blog has been 12 years in the making (in my head, at least). The germ of it started in 2005 when I set out to locate my biological father whom, at that point, I had not seen in 25 years.

I found him and wrote about the journey in a piece published in the Chicago Tribune on Father’s Day 2006. My reckoning with the past inspired me to reach out to my dad’s family, people peppered from California to Florida who knew I existed but didn’t know how to find me. They’ve helped fill in the missing pieces of my story.

I think Drake said it best: “Better late than never, but never late is better.”

Now here I am again. This time it’s Father’s Day 2017 and I’ve picked up more descriptors: Husband. Father. Suburbanite. Former Journalist. Public Relations Pro. 40-Something.

Last year, after I spoke on a panel for my 20th college reunion about “when life goes off script,” a classmate, apparently inspired by my remarks, pulled me aside and said, “If you had a blog, I would read it.”

So I’m starting this blog — finally. I think Drake said it best: “Better late than never, but never late is better.”

My graying hairline, unruly nose hairs and emerging love handles are signs of aging, to be sure, but also physical reminders of this truism: time waits for no one.

To my fellow fathers: take the first step this Father’s Day toward something you’ve always wanted to do. Don’t wait.

Start the beginning.

Father on,

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Johnathon E. Briggs

Husband • Father • Storyteller • ΑΦΑ

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  1. Sincerely, Jennie on June 19, 2017 at 9:49 AM

    Congrats on the launch! Can’t wait to follow the journey.

    • Johnathon E. Briggs on June 19, 2017 at 9:55 AM

      Thanks, Jennie. I’m excited for what’s ahead!

  2. Sincerely, Jennie on June 19, 2017 at 9:49 AM

    Congrats on the launch! Can’t wait to follow the journey.

    • Johnathon E. Briggs on June 19, 2017 at 9:55 AM

      Thanks, Jennie. I’m excited for what’s ahead!

  3. Sincerely, Jennie on June 19, 2017 at 9:49 AM

    Congrats on the launch! Can’t wait to follow the journey.

    • Johnathon E. Briggs on June 19, 2017 at 9:55 AM

      Thanks, Jennie. I’m excited for what’s ahead!

  4. Sincerely, Jennie on June 19, 2017 at 9:49 AM

    Congrats on the launch! Can’t wait to follow the journey.

    • Johnathon E. Briggs on June 19, 2017 at 9:55 AM

      Thanks, Jennie. I’m excited for what’s ahead!

  5. Sincerely, Jennie on June 19, 2017 at 9:49 AM

    Congrats on the launch! Can’t wait to follow the journey.

    • Johnathon E. Briggs on June 19, 2017 at 9:55 AM

      Thanks, Jennie. I’m excited for what’s ahead!

  6. Sincerely, Jennie on June 19, 2017 at 9:49 AM

    Congrats on the launch! Can’t wait to follow the journey.

    • Johnathon E. Briggs on June 19, 2017 at 9:55 AM

      Thanks, Jennie. I’m excited for what’s ahead!

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