With 2006 quickly coming to an end, it's a good time to reflect back on the year and evaluate how we've done as dads. Many of you reading this have already started thinking about New Year's Resolutions. I sure have, and largely because I don't want 2007 to be like 2006 - I want to be a better dad in 2007 than I was this year.

I did a Google search on "be a better dad" and Oprah's Ten Way's To Be a Better Dad was one of the first entries. She has some great suggestions that are worth checking out, even if you're not a big Oprah fan. In fact, it turned out that the next several search results had simply copied Oprah's bullet points verbatim!

Without a doubt though, the story of Dick Hoyt and his son Rick is the most inspirational example of an awesome dad that I've ever heard. Read the story and you'll see what I mean. Then watch the video of them racing together... father pushing son in his wheelchair. Oh, and make sure you have a box of kleenex handy - trust me, you'll NEED it.