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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


Why we're moving our family to Guatemala
The first day Christina and I met, she was in the middle of selling everything she owned to raise money to go volunteer at an orphanage...

Owen Dargatz
Apr 1, 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


Putting the man back into romance.
In this post, I'm going to explore what it means to me to be a man, and what I could do to be a better one. To me, being a man means...

Owen Dargatz
Feb 14, 20214 min read


Building community and finding our place within it.
I find the idea of playing an active role in my community very exciting. (Many times that is as far as I get.) Going through Covid as a...

Owen Dargatz
Feb 12, 20213 min read


Is having kids worth IT?
It's been 11 years since Christina fiercely traversed us through that right of passage and earned us the title of parents. Although I...

Owen Dargatz
Feb 5, 20215 min read


The confidence it takes to blog
Dear Diary that I hope everyone reads, It's been a difficult yet exciting couple of weeks for us. Strangely, those two feelings could...

Owen Dargatz
Feb 5, 20212 min read


Painless packing takes months.
Little by little, we are clearing out the house. The junk drawers are getting noticed. The dings on the walls are becoming more visible,...

Owen Dargatz
Feb 4, 20212 min read


A catalyst for change and our plan as parents to deal with entitlement.
Right before thanksgiving 2020, we decided we needed to shake things up a bit in our home. We had noticed that, although we live at a ski...

Owen Dargatz
Jan 11, 20212 min read
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