The father-son relationship is a special one. It is often filled with non-verbal communication and is conveyed in small ways like a nod of the head or a arm around the shoulder. As such, I probably don’t brag on my oldest son enough. Even though there is plenty to brag about. Hunter is very smart, he’s a logical thinker and [...]

One of my goals last year was to redesign the ChuckAllen.us site. Unfortunately, I didn’t get it done, at least not until now! Please take a look around and let me know what you think. The biggest change is that I moved from Drupal to WordPress. I’ll post later on why I chose to do that, but let me say [...]

It was one of those magic moments that appear briefly before fluttering away like a butterfly. I miss too many of these, letting them slip by unnoticed, but I’m learning to watch for them. I was walking from the van to the mall. She was holding my hand. Somewhere along the way our walk morphed into a waltz as she [...]

In his new book Outlive Your Life Max Lucado challenges Christians to make a difference. “What if we rocked the world with hope?” he asks on the back cover. And the book inspires readers to do just that. Sprinkled with stories of people who have made a difference and examples of the great need all around the world, Max reminds [...]

“You make me happy.” If there is one thing I hope my daughter remembers forever it’s that phrase. I tell it to her all the time. And it’s true. She has a way of making any day bright and happy. She is caring, giving and loving. She has a giggle that chases clouds far away. Add all of this together [...]

I began reading Don Miller’s book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years while sitting on the toilet. I bring that up because that is pretty much how I saw my life at the moment – filled with mundane, random things of little significance. It didn’t matter that I was sitting on a toilet on a plane somewhere over the [...]

Who is teaching you to live and love? Or better yet, who are you teaching to live and love? Today is my grandmother’s birthday. She was born Marjorie Catherine Craig on February, 19, 1914. We called her Mam-mama and even though she passed away seventeen years ago I miss her terribly. Mam-mama did a lot of the normal things that [...]

When I think of the perfect daughter, I think of one who smiles a lot. I think of one who makes me smile. I think of you. When I think of the perfect daughter, I think of one who loves me. I think of one who teaches me to love. I think of you. When I think of the perfect [...]

My name is Chuck Allen and I long to be Super Dad. I want to love my children, have fun with them and enjoy every brief moment I have with them. Last week my oldest son, unknowingly, gave me my report card on being Super Dad. I had taken a day off from work and planned to spend the day [...]

This year, as Mother’s Day has been approaching, I’ve been thinking about a story that my mom used to tell. She was a great story teller and teaching for so many years left her with a lot of stories. I had the pleasure of having my mom as a teacher and this story includes me. While I’m not as good [...]