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  1. Wow.
    Awesome.
    Made my Sunday Paisano, thank you.
    My 3 boys are homegrown but I get all of what you’re saying.
    In fact our plans to bring a little girl home collapsed half way through
    and it still hurts 10 years later.

    Being a Dad is the love in action, that you allow the child to draw
    out of you.
    It doesn’t matter what tree the apple was grown on.

    My friend Andrea Cockrum blogged her experiences in bringing home
    some of their kids (one of their daughters, Aven, was adopted from Guatemala after this was updated-she blogs elsewhere now)

    http://www.questionsweget.com/

    Thanks again, for the re-energizing post. 🙂
    ~Ed


  2. Wow.
    Awesome.
    Made my Sunday Paisano, thank you.
    My 3 boys are homegrown but I get all of what you’re saying.
    In fact our plans to bring a little girl home collapsed half way through
    and it still hurts 10 years later.

    Being a Dad is the love in action, that you allow the child to draw
    out of you.
    It doesn’t matter what tree the apple was grown on.

    My friend Andrea Cockrum blogged her experiences in bringing home
    some of their kids (one of their daughters, Aven, was adopted from Guatemala after this was updated-she blogs elsewhere now)

    http://www.questionsweget.com/

    Thanks again, for the re-energizing post. 🙂
    ~Ed


  3. Inspiring post, Dorian. A confidence builder, too, for those of us who grew up without a dad, and are striving to be the best men we can be for our own children.

    Appreciate your encouragement, as well, for potential adoptive parents who may be apprehensive that these beautiful kids won’t be loved as much as their natural/biological children. You’ve debunked that effectively, I think.


  4. Inspiring post, Dorian. A confidence builder, too, for those of us who grew up without a dad, and are striving to be the best men we can be for our own children.

    Appreciate your encouragement, as well, for potential adoptive parents who may be apprehensive that these beautiful kids won’t be loved as much as their natural/biological children. You’ve debunked that effectively, I think.


  5. Another great post Pai. As Mike said, inspiring and encouraging.


  6. Another great post Pai. As Mike said, inspiring and encouraging.


  7. Thank you for this post, as it is rare that those of us who have ventured down this path are reassured of our decision.

    My wife was 4 months pregnant when we started dating, and I think damn near every friend I had told me that I was insane (even though they agreed that she was a great girl). My parents thought I was insane (although thankfully their opinion has done a 180 in the last eight years).

    Grant turned 8 in September and I am thankful every day that I didn’t listen to my parents or my friends.


  8. Thank you for this post, as it is rare that those of us who have ventured down this path are reassured of our decision.

    My wife was 4 months pregnant when we started dating, and I think damn near every friend I had told me that I was insane (even though they agreed that she was a great girl). My parents thought I was insane (although thankfully their opinion has done a 180 in the last eight years).

    Grant turned 8 in September and I am thankful every day that I didn’t listen to my parents or my friends.

  9. jimmy

    this song realy hits home to me cuz thats how i am with my girlfrends beautiful 6month old daughter. im the only father figure in that babys life her real dad left the hospital when she was bing born to go do drugs with his frend and even though me and kristy has only been togather for a month and a half iv dun ask her to be my wife . 1 of the reasons is cuz i feel in love with her as soon as i saw her another reason is becouse i feel in love with her daughter as soon as a held her

  10. jimmy

    this song realy hits home to me cuz thats how i am with my girlfrends beautiful 6month old daughter. im the only father figure in that babys life her real dad left the hospital when she was bing born to go do drugs with his frend and even though me and kristy has only been togather for a month and a half iv dun ask her to be my wife . 1 of the reasons is cuz i feel in love with her as soon as i saw her another reason is becouse i feel in love with her daughter as soon as a held her

  11. Joanne

    I found a special dad for my son, just like the one in this song. He accepted my son as his own and not once did he ever say or act like he wasnt his. He has since passed away but spent 17 years being a wonderful dad to our two sons. Our son listened to this song and it brought tears to his eyes, for all the memories of his dad. We wish that we could tell him what a special dad he was and the mark that he has left on this child that has since grown and had children of his own. My son is a great dad because of the great dad that accepted him into his life as his own.

  12. Joanne

    I found a special dad for my son, just like the one in this song. He accepted my son as his own and not once did he ever say or act like he wasnt his. He has since passed away but spent 17 years being a wonderful dad to our two sons. Our son listened to this song and it brought tears to his eyes, for all the memories of his dad. We wish that we could tell him what a special dad he was and the mark that he has left on this child that has since grown and had children of his own. My son is a great dad because of the great dad that accepted him into his life as his own.

  13. Mellie

    Wow I couldn’t have said it better myself my dad was that man to my oldest sister and we never called her a half-sister and he never treated her any different then his 4 biological children.
    MY husband is doing the same with my son we have been together since he was 14 months he is now almost 7 and call my husband dad because he is He is the one who takes him to school baseball swimming tuck him in etc…
    I couldn’t have asked for a better man to have waked into my life
    A big thank-you to all the men strong enough and willing to look after and love a child who was fatherd by anouther man

  14. Mellie

    Wow I couldn’t have said it better myself my dad was that man to my oldest sister and we never called her a half-sister and he never treated her any different then his 4 biological children.
    MY husband is doing the same with my son we have been together since he was 14 months he is now almost 7 and call my husband dad because he is He is the one who takes him to school baseball swimming tuck him in etc…
    I couldn’t have asked for a better man to have waked into my life
    A big thank-you to all the men strong enough and willing to look after and love a child who was fatherd by anouther man

  15. Mike

    To Joanne,
    We seem to be living quite the same lives. My mother met my stepfather 19 years ago, he passed away last August, and he was the best father any could ask for. My mom had 3 children when he, 24 at the time, met her. Everyone thought he was crazy, but he did everything he could for us three and unless someone told you that we weren’t his bio children, you would have never been able to tell. I’m sorry for your loss, I completely understand how it feels to not be able to tell him what he meant to you. I wanted so badly to play out the part in the song in front of the nursery window, but unfortunately have not had my children yet. I can’t help but tear up everytime the song plays as well, and hopefully I will be half the dad that he didn’t have to be.

  16. Mike

    To Joanne,
    We seem to be living quite the same lives. My mother met my stepfather 19 years ago, he passed away last August, and he was the best father any could ask for. My mom had 3 children when he, 24 at the time, met her. Everyone thought he was crazy, but he did everything he could for us three and unless someone told you that we weren’t his bio children, you would have never been able to tell. I’m sorry for your loss, I completely understand how it feels to not be able to tell him what he meant to you. I wanted so badly to play out the part in the song in front of the nursery window, but unfortunately have not had my children yet. I can’t help but tear up everytime the song plays as well, and hopefully I will be half the dad that he didn’t have to be.

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