There are several movies that I can watch repeatedly with no problem (much to Gail's chagrin). Some of these repeatable flicks are: princess bride, rat race, most ah-nold flicks, ocean's eleven (soderbergh version), parenthood, and daddy day care (there are more but that's a short and diverse list).
While I come to love Orion more and more each day (sort of what Jack Nicholson said to Helen Hunt: how the people we can't stand become the people we can't live without), I still have feelings and thoughts of inadequacy, legitimacy in being a daddy. As I become aware of these thoughts and feelings, I realized it's important for me, and for my relationship with Gail and Orion, to write them--sort of as my therapy and awareness of how to "be a better dad (again. paraphrasing Jack).
But it also occurs to me that I must not be the only dad who has these feelings and thoughts. There are challenges every day in different forms whether you are a bio-parent, adoptive parent, or trans-racial adoptive parent.
I would welcome thoughts, feelings, and comments from anyone--parent, friend, family--as we share and continue this journey. Perhaps, it can, encourage Daddy Day Care groups (with or without kids) for daddies to talk amongst themselves.
Thoughts, feelings, and musings about the trials, joys, and love of an adoptive father.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
"Daddy Day Care" for daddies
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