Rainy Day Dad

Part 2 of our saga begins with a devastated couple. The next few months were incredibly difficult. Now, you may be thinking, "They only had them for 9 months, how bad could it be". The thing to remember is we were a couple trying to have kids. To have your perfect dream abruptly end is devastating.  I was now unemployed and no longer staying home as a Foster Parent, but I lacked the motivation to successfully find a new job. I looked for work but my heart wasn't in it. My Husband took some personal time too, as we both tried to cope with the loss. I slowly started to clean out the kids rooms. I sorted through the items, deciding what we wanted to keep and what we wanted to donate to the local Foster Closet. Each box I packed up hurt. Memories flooded in with each item I put away. My Husband was the first one to start getting back into the real world. He was starting career number two as a Realtor , so he suggested I get my license and join him.  I was somewhat relucta

Let me begin by saying that I'm no writer. I have horrible grammar and I'm the king of run on sentences. I never graduated college and I never really had a solid career. In both cases, its mainly because I didn't know what I wanted to do. I'd never found that perfect fit. I always felt like I would one day come across the right path and it finally did, as a Dad. I can honestly say from a fairly young age I knew I wanted to be a dad. I dreamed of the big house with a white picket fence and a couple kids. I never thought it would actually happen though. See, when I was 12 I started to realize I was a bit different than the other boys. While they all had posters of Cindy Crawford and Pamela Anderson on their walls I had a crush on Uncle Jesse from Full House. Being gay certainly makes having kids more difficult. Finding another gay man who also wants to have kids borders on impossible, but I did. My Husband and I met in 2006 and we are celebrating our 10 year ma