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Happy Day to:
- Fathers who don't suck
- The single moms who played father because of a father that sucks
- The people who stepped in to love a kid after the sucky fathers took off.
And folks hurting today, I see you and I love you.
- Fathers who don't suck
- The single moms who played father because of a father that sucks
- The people who stepped in to love a kid after the sucky fathers took off.
And folks hurting today, I see you and I love you.
This holiday is a weird one for me. My bio father ditched and I walked away from him forever twenty-seven years ago. Nearly twenty-eight. There's a certain trauma that goes with that kind of abandonment--a belief that if the person who made you doesn't want you, who could.
BUT. But. But the guy my mom married when I was two? Is STILL in my life. And loves me unconditionally. This is him with his husband. This is /my dad/. (Dude on the right.)
And the guy my mom married when I was thirteen (she had a phase, okay) is also very much still in my life. And he takes care of my mom and makes her happy and has for a long, long time now. And he loves me, too.
So as I see it, I got two dads for the price of one shitty dad, and I got lucky. But other kids aren't and I'm always aware of that.
Anyway, Happy Father's Day from a person who has a super complicated relationship with the concept of fathers in general. I know I'm not alone.
Anyway, Happy Father's Day from a person who has a super complicated relationship with the concept of fathers in general. I know I'm not alone.
