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Asthma and Chihuahuas
Chihuahuas are serious business. To begin this blog post, I would like to warn you all that I will be quoting two of the most reliable...

Owen Dargatz
Mar 18, 20225 min read


My ongoing love affair
Fifteen years ago, I met a woman that I instantly became best friends with. We sat in her car talking about our lives, families,...

Owen Dargatz
Sep 10, 20214 min read


There are adjustments when moving with five children to Guatemala.
Ouuuulala! It's been a month here in Guatemala, and I have been ITCHING to have the time, health, space, and mental capacity to write...

Owen Dargatz
Jun 27, 20214 min read


Surrender
When asking friends what their preferred way out of this life would be, the answer is almost always "dying in my sleep." While there are...

Owen Dargatz
May 5, 20213 min read


Happiness is hard, but hard is okay.
Everybody knows that the key to happiness is gratefulness. How to be happy isn't the question. The question is how to practice...

Owen Dargatz
Apr 21, 20212 min read


Constant rowing keeps the boat going
Achieving goals doesn't just happen. 35 years have gone by, and I'm still not the fireman I said I would be back before kindergarten! The...

Owen Dargatz
Apr 13, 20217 min read


Give me Soul, baby!
When I was a little boy, my grandfather released some goldfish in a big pond he had in his yard. The goldfish grew to the size of trout....

Owen Dargatz
Apr 6, 20214 min read


Could the solution to “Adulting” be starting to care less?
Time flies by. The day I learned how to ride a bike is a memory so vivid that I feel as if I could grab it. Yet, that was over 30 years...

Owen Dargatz
Mar 26, 20214 min read


Dear dads, how to talk about your problems without sounding negative.
It's a big issue. Fathers many times burden themselves unnecessarily by keeping their emotions to themselves. Debt, negativity at work,...

Owen Dargatz
Mar 17, 20214 min read


How I’ve used fasting to heal
A couple of months ago I completed a 10 day fast and I’m feeling the need for one again. As I prepare and set my intentions for the fast,...

Owen Dargatz
Mar 14, 20217 min read
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