Step Parenting Ain’t Easy…but Sherelle has a Secret to Share
Whether you've dated a Daddy like I did, became a bonus mom like Jada when she married Will, or find yourself caught up in Baby Mama drama like some of…
Whether you've dated a Daddy like I did, became a bonus mom like Jada when she married Will, or find yourself caught up in Baby Mama drama like some of…
Queen of team “No sleep til the to-do list is done”, has been one of my virtual “Friend-tors” for a little while now. Emmelie De La Cruz formerly known as…
I was driving to meet my *thinking face* “friend” for lunch and turning on a certain street made me think of my “first”. Not sure why, but my brain jumped…
[ctt template="8" link="4KFm0" via="no" ]“Never take advice from people who don’t have the life you want.” -Demetria Lucas[/ctt] Sunday was Mother’s Day and I fought back tears as I…
What interest me most about reading through these opinionated exchanges were their thoughts on Ghost as a Dad.
...so I again positioned myself, head on shoulder. Face toward neck, as if I was waiting for him to read me a bedtime story.
He’s found those questions and made me unearth fossils from my past I didn’t even know were there.
So here I am, 25 years old, my longest relationship to date with an unfaithful middle schooler off and on from January of 7th grade to October of 9th grade, and I’m staring at a thread of awkward texts between me and the mailman contemplating whether it’s time for me to Stop Trying or Try Harder. Wanting nothing more than to be able to talk to one of my “Daddies” and get the insight of how a man who cares about me would suggest I identify the traits of a man who cares about me.
I watch my male friends with daughters and admire their use of descriptive language. Their awe struck statuses at every new development, from walking to talking to graduating kindergarten. The love they pour into these miniature versions of themselves. The pride they take in protecting and molding these little human females. I see that and I search for the source that should have been pouring into me in that way.