Tag: special needs parents

Writing “The Expectant Father’s Activity Book”

From the moment I heard the concept, I knew it would reach far beyond dads-to-be and grab onto everyone withing arm’s length.

Between quarantine and Summer break, it feels like he’s been in there for eons.

He won the standoff. He always wins the standoffs.

Even when I play-fight with him, he giggles and wraps his arms around me for hugs.

Most people will go their entire lives and never have what he and I have. Most people would never even understand it.

It’s not even five in the morning. Let the games begin.

Then again, it’s hard being a parent at all. Actually it’s hard just being alive sometimes.

It’s times like this when I’m forced to bare witness to the barest of witnesses.

Defending the home team isn’t just about the people who live in your actual home. It’s about the people who live in your heart.

He’s my guy, so of course, I give in…momentarily.