But SeventyOne98 didn’t start as a vision…
It started in moments I didn’t want anyone to see.
There were nights I sat in the dark questioning everything about myself as a father.
Nights I felt like no matter how much I gave, it still wasn’t enough.
Times when my own children being upset with me made me feel like I was failing them completely.
I’ve battled depression.
I’ve battled anxiety.
I’ve carried the weight of trying to be everything for everyone…
while quietly falling apart inside.
There were moments I thought…
maybe my presence isn’t helping them… maybe I’m just messing them up.
And that thought will break a man in ways most people don’t understand.
There were nights I cried in silence,
in the bathroom… in the closet… anywhere I could hide it.
Not because I didn’t love my sons…
But because I loved them so much,
I was terrified of getting it wrong.
I thought being a good father meant giving them everything…
doing everything…
sacrificing everything…
Even if it meant losing myself in the process.
I didn’t understand balance.
I didn’t understand healing.
I didn’t understand that you can’t pour into your children
from a place that’s empty.
And if I’m being real…
There were moments of bitterness too.
Watching their mother come in and out…
getting to be the “fun parent”…
while I carried the weight of structure, discipline, and responsibility every single day.
That kind of imbalance will test your heart
if you don’t deal with it the right way.
But somewhere in all of that…
I had to face a truth I couldn’t run from:
If I didn’t confront what was going on inside of me…
I would eventually pass it down to them.
And that’s when everything started to shift.
Not overnight.
Not perfectly.
But intentionally.
I stopped pretending I was okay.
I stopped trying to carry everything alone.
I started doing the work, internally, emotionally, spiritually.
Because I realized something that changed everything for me:
My sons don’t need a perfect father…
they need a present one.
A growing one.
A healing one.
And that’s where SeventyOne98 was truly born.
"Your Story Doesn't End Where Your Father's Left You."
Misson & Vision Statement
Mission
SeventyOne98 was built for the father who’s tired of pretending he’s okay.
We exist to help men face what they’ve buried, heal the boy they were never allowed to be, and become present, intentional fathers, no matter their past.
This is where silence gets broken.
This is where cycles get confronted.
This is where fathers stop running… and start doing the work.
Because what you don’t confront…
your children will carry.
Vision
We envision a generation of fathers who are present, grounded, and unafraid to face themselves.
Men who don’t run from their past, but refuse to let it define how they lead.
Fathers who show up consistently, love intentionally, and raise sons and daughters who don’t have to recover from their childhood.
Because when a father chooses to do the work…
it doesn’t just change him...
it changes everything connected to him.