A View From The Porch: A Woman’s Perspective
This post is a continuation of our explanation of “Women Speak” here.
Just as Mommy is a vital part of any child’s life, a woman’s perspective is a vital part of American Daddy. I would love for all the Mommys out there to share their thoughts on The American Dad and how they and their Daddy are making a difference.
Please leave a comment below to let me know
Thanks.
– GP
June 12th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Saw you on KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles today talking about your book. Can’t wait to get a copy for my son-in-law, a gift for his first Father’s Day. His beautiful son is 9-months-old. It’s almost a spiritual experience watching them together - a mutual, enduring lovestory.
June 12th, 2007 at 9:35 am
I think that it is important to recognize the fathers in our lives. My dad is one of the most important persons in my life. If I didn’t have my father my daughter wouldn’t have a great role model. Her father walked out on me and has no wish to contact his daughter. Thanks for this great book
June 12th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
Thank you Jozie and Kimberly for sharing your stories.
Kimberly, it is quite amazing watching any man engage with his child when he is fully “there!” I am so please that you get to experience that with your son-in law Jozie! Encourage him and tell him how lovely those moments are. We men need to be and love to be uplifted…noticed and encouraged when we are doing something good. Thank you so much for sharing and for catching me on KTLA. I had a blast doing the show. They are all such a wonderful group of folks.
Kimberely…thanks for your honesty in sharing your story. I am so sorry that your daughters father walked out on the both of you. I just don’t understand how a man can do that! I don’t get it! My hope and prayer is that there will be some moment that his heart will change and he will realize the immense sense of loss that he is headed for.
Thank God for your father! Thank God that he has stepped in and is being Daddy to your little girl. You are fortunate to have him and he is an inspiration to all of us.
Again, thanks for your honesty and for sharing.
Gabriel
June 14th, 2007 at 7:28 am
I just heard about your book on 104.7 The Fish in Atlanta today. I intend to not only read it but give it as gifts to the single dads in my life. I am a single mom of 3 beautiful children. I went through both a divorce in 9 years ago and a reconciliation then my husband died 2 1/2 yrs ago. I mourn so deeply for the relationship that my children will never again have again with their father. I’m so encouraged to see in a world full of neglectful, selfish parents both moms and dads that their are men out there doing their best to raise their children and be in their lives. God has brought some men into my life that are struggling with their relationships with their kids and I can’t wait to share some positive, encouraging words with them. And I pray one day God will see fit to bring a man into my life that will in some way fill the void left from my husband’s death for both me and my kids. Thank you for sharing such a personal story with us.
June 14th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Hello Leisha,
Thank you for sharing your thoughts! Hearing from you is a true blessing for all of us. I am so sorry to hear about the death of your children’s father. I am confident that God will use the body of Christ to bring love and a sense of fathering to your kids and that he will bring you the desires of your heart as well.
I will pray for you and your children Leisha! I will not forget!
Thanks again for your vulnerability and your sharing! Please continue to be a part of this community! We need you! And, I am going to have some guest therapists sharing with dads how to work through issues with their kids.
Peace and Blessings to you!
Gabriel
June 15th, 2007 at 10:06 pm
as for me and Efren, we do have 2 sons of our own and seeing Efren being a daddy to his own children is something that I do cherish every second that i am there to see. I only wished that David could of had that through out all of his up bringing as a child. I did my best in raising David on my own, but without a real Dad in his life, it shows now and I can only pray that David will learn from it as you did and make his adult life something much better for himself. He is now serving in the military and is over in Korea for 12 months. Please do keep him and my family in your prayers and I do look forward to reading your book and it is a gift actually for my husband..he is truly a wonderful Father/Daddy and Husband in my life to me and all three of our sons. Thank you for taking the time to read my entry, I do apologize for the seperation in my entries..i get alittle carried away when i am typing. May God continue to bless all the wonderful Daddy’s out there.. I knew you did exist still and I will keep you and your family in my prayers as well.
Thank you, Cynthia
Ft. Worth, Tx.
June 16th, 2007 at 6:07 am
Good morning Gabriel,
I meant to put this in my last entry, apparently it did not go thru the 1st time around as I thought. I have a 19 yr old whom I raised on my own, with alittle help from my mom and dad for a short period in my life. You see David’s father and I divorced when David was only 4 yrs old and during his childhood, we went thru many life struggles, his father was in and out of his life like a revolvong door and many empty promises were made to David by him. So I had my own battles to face when my exhusband would do such things to David. I would pray every night that God would be bless me and David with someone very loving and patient to come into our lives. I was very lonely as a single parent and I knew how hard my son’s life would be too without having a Father in his life. I could see that look in his eyes that something was missing in his life and I already knew what that was. It is not easy, trying to explain these things to such a young child, but I did my best when he was younger and now that I am happily married to my 2nd husband Efren, I knew that God was listening to my prayers. Efren has taken on a challenge in helping me give David the mental support and all the love and attention every child needs from their Father’s. It is unfortunate for Efren that my son has not made it easy for Efren to be that role model for him, my son has too much deep scars that I believe his Father has planted in him since he was 5 yrs old. To this day Efren and I still talk about and sometimes over analyze David’s actions in the past 8 years that we have been together and asking ourselves why my son does what he does to himself. It is sad to see such a strong loving child like David to hold in so much of his own pain, that all Efren wants to do is take it all away and we all know that he cannot do that for him. But we always do reassure David together how much he is loved by both me and Efren, and in the past 8 years, Efren has been and still is a true Father/Daddy to my son David, I just pray that David will turn to him and accept him and all that Efren has to offer to him. So to all of you Great Daddy’s out there, I want to wish you a very blessed Happy Father’s Day and you are all doing a wonderful job at being a true Father to our children.
God Bless, Cynthia
June 19th, 2007 at 6:50 am
Hello Cynthia,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. I am so grateful when people can open up and honestly reveal themselves and their situations. I am thankful that Efren has taken up that mantle to try and extend his love towards David. I know that it is so difficult for a young man/boy to open himself up to another man when it is not his father and when he has been hurt.
I encourage you and Efren to continue to fight the good fight. God is not finished here.
I am going to have a guest therapist blog on certain situations every month. One of her specialties is dealing with a childs anger. She may be of some help for you and Efren.
Keep checkin in on the site so you will stay updated and see her blog.
Thanks again Cynthia,
G
March 17th, 2008 at 3:42 am
Just wanted to say Hello to everyone.
Much to read and learn here, I’m sure I will enjoy !