B: "Rob? Um, I mean, Dad? (running over to Grammie Joyce and whispering) Can I call him 'Dad?'"
J: (with what I'm sure was a HUGE smile on her face) "I think that would probably be okay."
B: (right in Rob's not-quite-sleeping face) "DAD! DAD! Wake up and play with me!"
Whoa. I know I've been kind of waiting for this (see almost all my posts to date), and that I hoped this particular transition would be an easy one, and that I prayed ESPECIALLY that God would bring us a man ready and willing to be a husband to me and a father to Blake... but WHOA. It is humbling and jarring and cool and scary and all of that rolled into one three-letter word. I've never heard Blake address someone as "Dad." Ever. All you folks out there who hear it every day, hear it shouted and whined, whispered and exclaimed, said lovingly and accusingly - think about that.
This is the first time I've ever heard my child call a man "Dad" (and typing that right now has me crying).
How cool is that?!
9 comments:
It is way cool.
This is why, in Buddhism, we say that life is pain: in every beautiful moment we have, there is loss. Either loss that has happened, that is happening, or will happen.
And the point of recognizing that life is pain is not to wallow in the misery of a glass-half-empty-life, but to realize that pain or loss will be there in every blessedly beautiful moment of life, and by accepting that the pain will be there, we can focus on the beauty, the love, the laughter, and not be too distracted by the loss.
Love you and so happy for you!
VERY, VERY, VERY COOL!!!!!!! Rejoicing with you all,
me crying too...
GOOSEBUMPS!
I can relate to Blake! I had no problem whatsoever accepting a dad into my life!
....4 or 5 months after the wedding - the authority part? A little bit of a problem, but overcome pretty quickly, because I was so glad to have a dad!
I'll be praying that Blake has the same perspective as I did growing up - God had provided, and was a God to be trusted with my needs.
I'm sure those three letters meant the world to Rob. What an amazing milestone for your new little family! :)
God is good Addie, so very good.
Me crying too! God is always working even when we don't see it.
Meggie
I'm crying too! Much of my life was without someone to call Dad. I'm so excited to see God caring for you and Blake in this way! -SK
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