Father's Day Special

I could not be more blessed when it comes to the "father" in our family.   The person to whom I refer is, of course, my husband Gerry.

When we married many years ago,  he had already raised his first family, three children.  Yet, he was willing to take on the task of raising three more, to take a chance on love! I was a single parent who had three young children when we met and married.   I don't think I ever really expected that any man, especially a good man, much less a great man, would be interested in that particular responsibility  (and risk, I might add, as half of all second marriages end in divorce).

As if that were not enough,  he even showed a keen interest in having a child with me, something I had never considered.   And had it been anyone else but Gerry, I probably never would have agreed! [we were both beyond the age!!]

 It wasn't that I had a need for more children.  But the one need I did have, the unfulfilled part of my own adult emotional life, was experiencing a man fulfilling the role of a caring, devoted father, and participating as full partners in parenting.  And indeed, that dream came true.

For quite a few years, Father's Day was a sad time, mostly about the father who had disappeared.  The healing is so complete now, that I rarely ever think about that sad reality any more.

Ours has been an incredible partnership, allowing both of us to be greater together than we might have been individually.   I believe that applies not just to our parenting, but also to our personhood.

Thank God for this special father I am privileged to have married!

Father's Day Special