I could have spent the rest of my life chasing after things I missed out on but where would that have gotten me? Instead I have my eye set on the future and moving, with each day, towards it. My choice to adopt was one that took many years, one that made me look at my friends, my home and myself differently. To be a father, a good father, is to look at myself honestly and ask: How can I be better for my son? It is this question that took the most of those years to answer.
I want to be the father I never had. I want to know my kid. He will know he is home when he looks into my eyes and I will know I am alive when I am with him.
2008 marks the beginning of my new life. Not only will Life on Emerson Ave be available to all of you (www.lifeonemersonave.com) but it will also be the start of my journey towards parenthood. It's scary and uncertain, especially since I am doing it alone but I'm not concerned with any of that. It's not a want but a need that I become a father. Anyone can exist but I want to live.
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Frank G,
This is my first time on your site. What a great array of, well, stuff you have collected. I'm working on a documentary about parenting, specifically about gay parenting. I want to understand the differences and similarities that lie in reasons for, and methods of raising children. Would you be interested in taking part?
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