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By David Chmiel
How many times do Dads feel that we’re just whispering (or shouting) into a vacuum? Oh right. Most of the time. But then they throw us a bone…
We didn’t think they were listening, but we occasionally catch them in a moment of generosity or kindness. They didn’t know we were watching, and we fight the urge to spoil the moment by shouting from the rooftops:
“See what they did there? I taught them that! Those are my kids!”
It’s a moment like that, or when they call to ask for advice, or when we learn to say, “Kid, I don’t have a clue” that makes us Dads. And we want to share those stories, celebrate our kids and maybe share the joys, fears, unconditional love, unspeakable heartache, or uproarious hilarity of life in “The Dad Zone” with other guys in the same boat. 
S. Peter Lewis is one of those Dads. He supported his family — his wife, Karen, and their children, Jeremiah and Amanda — by writing, editing, photographing, and designing guidebooks and instructional manuals for technical mountaineering. In 2005, he self-published The Treehouse Chronicles: One Man’s Dream Life Aloft about building his dream getaway in the woods of southwest Maine. In 2006, he navigated the rugged trail of fatherhood in a column for his local paper, The Bridgton News.
“I’ve been a dad since 1984 and it has been the greatest joy of my life,” Lewis says. “I wrote the newspaper column for 11 years focusing on family life and being a Dad.
Now, Lewis has taken his gentle spirit and down home love of family with The Dad Story Project, a podcast that allows him to give voice to those columns and build a new platform for other Dads who might be interested in sharing their views on the special, momentous, or the million everyday moments that fill our Dad days. Lewis encourages dads of all ages and experiences to enjoy it, to share with other days, and to contact him to celebrate their own stories. Find the podcast wherever you find your podcasts, including Apple, Sporify, Google, Stitcher, and Buzzspout.
“I don’t care about making money, Lewis says. “I just want to make a difference in people’s lives, one heart a time.” Spoken like a true Dad.
