(THIS IS NOT MINE BUT THIS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT! AND BEFORE U COMMENT........... READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >:o) SINGLE MOTHERS PLEASE LET FATHERS HAVE THERE SAY Nothing burns my buns more than when people tell me Happy Father’s Day because I am a single mother. I absolutely believe this is the most disrespectful act of passive aggression a single mother could participate in. No matter how great of a mom I am, I could never be a MAN! No amount of nurturing, time, and/or material things could replace an absent father. Maybe some of them would be better fathers if we stopped trying to diminish them and their role every chance we get. and instead show a little support at least on the one day set aside for them. Being a single mom myself, I understand the desire to want to disregard a father who is absent or not following through on his parental duties. However, whenever I want to go in, I remember that I am partially responsible for my predicament. I chose to have intercourse with someone who is irresponsible which makes me just as irresponsible for not being a better judge of character before putting myself in a position to create a life. So I’ve actually apologized to my daughter every time she expresses her displeasure with her dad. I confess that I was young, dumb, and being irresponsible with my body and now she has to suffer the consequences of it. Yeah I know, seems odd right? Right, because we’re always taught to blame the other person and throw the dad under the bus. At an early age, I learned from my mother that no matter what my father did she never disrespected him in front of us and never allowed us to either. She always said to us no matter what that’s your father and you are to respect him as such. I guess that’s old school huh? I guess my mom knew there would come a time when her children would form their own opinions about their father’s actions and confront him on our own accord. And eventually I did and appreciate that I could honestly say they were my feelings and not my mother’s. Now with God, prayer, and humility I have a good relationship with my pops. At the end of the day, regardless of how “no good” you think your baby daddy may be, your child still needs him to be apart of his life. So instead of taking the credit on Father’s Day how about you send him a card and if nothing else say thank you for giving me my son(s)/daughter(s). President Obama put it well: “Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded … that family is the most important. And we are called to recognize and honor how critical every father is to that foundation. They are teachers and coaches. They are mentors and role models. They are examples of success and the men who constantly push us toward it.”
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:29:05 +0000
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