When I–and the many talented writers here–embarked on this project, the question was this: would dads be interested in reading/sharing thoughts about fatherhood when they were ‘off the clock.’

The answer is: no.

And I don’t say that in a sad or bitter way. It’s just a fact of modern man. We take care of the kid(s) for a few hours on the weekend or at night and we are exhausted. The last thing we’re going to do is read about fatherhood with our last bits of remaining energy. It explains why there’s an abundance of motherhood blogs (many of them thriving), and so few fatherhood blogs.

Don’t get me wrong: a lot of good has come out of this multi-year experiment. I got to process a lot of feelings (!) leading up to and after the birth of my first child. Better yet, I got to work with amazing writers who I consider talented not only with the written word, but conjuring up something important to say.

I can’t thank enough these proud dads who shared their wry observations:

- Dan Beeby (for content and web-mastery)

- Matt Winkler (for keeping it going as long as it did)

- Mike Rehfus (for some of the funnier posts)

- Matt Ledoux (for getting in trouble with one of his entries)

- Rob Curtis (for gear reviews and support)

- Chris Belden (for being an amazing tiger father writer)

- Brian Hoover (for his astute insights and “being ready”)