Belated Happy Father's Day (we were on vacation in Virginia)
[FRUA=national organization to help "Families For Russian and Ukrainian Adoption" ]
Dear FRUA Members, and especially Dads,
Being a Dad can often be a pretty thankless task. People expect you to be the strong, competent type who can fix a leaky faucet, stand hours at the edge of a wind-driven soccer field cheering on kids who have no hope of winning, make some sort of living that keeps a roof over the family, lead the Boy Scout troop, and whip up a mean hamburger casserole because mom has to work late. Sometimes all in the same day! Often our kids (or spouses) don't say thank you, at least out loud.
But that doesn't mean we don't notice what you do. Move over moms and give our dads room; especially in adoptive families, the role a dad can play can be vital. That's because adoptive kids can come with challenges. Often it can take two to sort out what is going on, give each other a break and take turns being the enforcer for the two thousandths time that 'bedtime is bedtime'....to say 'please and thank you', or to remind a kid not to hit his sister.
So thank you FRUA dads, for being who you are. We need you, and the very wonderful and different things you bring to the family dynamic.
posted by Stahlkes @ 12:03 PM
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