A Parent’s Guide to Video Games For Kids of All Ages! The happy family on our son’s 13th birthday. A big birthday required a big present, and he got his first Xbox! Little did we know the journey having this type of video gaming system would take all of us on, learning time management, keeping […]
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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month – Support Prevent Child Abuse America! #GrowingBetterTogether
This post is sponsored by PreventChildAbuse.org Child Abuse Prevention Month is a great time to reflect. We are coming out of a two-year global pandemic where nerves were raw, families were stuck in close quarters together, and added stress was at an all-time high. What we can do, right now: -Ask for help if you […]
Prevent Child Abuse America Supports All Parents, Even Adoptive Parents Who Are Pre-Screened For Issues! #GrowingBetterTogether
This post is sponsored by PreventChildAbuse.org I have always loved children. Then my little brother became a dad, and when I laid eyes on my nephew for the first time, I knew I had to be a dad someday. If he could do it, then I had to, it was always my dream. And thankfully […]
Happy 18th Birthday To Our Son! #adoption #parenting #gayparents #family
Happy 18th Birthday! I was 44 when the miracle occurred and our baby was born. This is why I have been accused of being his grandfather since I brought in that first roll of film to be developed in Arizona! I always loved kids. My neighbor had young kids that I would babysit for, and […]
Paul’s Adoption Story For Father’s Day! #FathersDay #adoption #parenting #HappyFathersDay #Family #LGBTQ #gayparents
I remember everything like it was yesterday. I remember the first time the birth mother called us on the phone, as my friend was driving us to my parents house for Passover. I remember the birth mom calling and saying she had seen some blood in her urine and why didn’t we get ready to […]
Happy Birthday Son! Celebrating Our Son’s Birth Story on His 16th Birthday! #adoption #parenting #family #gayparents
Happy Birthday Son! May 28, 2003 we got the phone call. Something was happening. Be ready she said, I do not think I will make it to my scheduled C-section! We changed our flight and flew to Arizona and drove to the hospital. We met our birth mom for the first time. The next morning […]
Parenting Playlist: Curated To Help Us All Raise Our Teens! #ParentingPlaylist @parentandteen #Ad
Parenting Playlist They grow up so fast! That infant I adopted at birth is now in 10th grade! A high schooler! And also a teenager. Remember the terrible twos? Now I see those were the easy days! These years are much tougher. Our poor kids have so much more to deal with then we ever […]
Retelling Our Son His Birth Story on His 15th Birthday! #adoption #parenting #family #gayparents
May 28, 2003 we got the phone call. Something was happening. Be ready she said, I do not think I will make it to my scheduled C-section! We changed our flight and flew to Arizona and drove to the hospital. We met our birth mom for the first time. The next morning we went back […]
When The Son With Two Dads Asks: Do I Have a Mom? #HappyMothersDay #MothersDay
(Updated from an earlier post from 2012! There is a fairy above our heads in the picture above, but no pun was intended!) When you are in a same sex marriage with an adopted son, this is a question that is bound to come up. I have not read the books and I don’t know […]
The Biggest Baby Shower is a Must For New & Expecting Parents! #biggestbabyshower @bigcitymoms
I have attended several of these events over the past few years and they are very nostalgic for me! I have been the primary caregiver since we adopted our son at birth, and had to do a lot of quick research when he was born! As adoptive parents we did not have much time to […]
November is National Adoption Month! See My “How To Adopt” Guide! #adoption #parenting #adopt
We became daddies over 14 years ago! Paul was born in late May. Three days later the birth mom signed the papers and we were on our way out of town waiting for the state papers to be filed, we needed those to take our son to our home state. The NY court signing a […]
My Long Road to Becoming A Father! #FathersDay #HappyFathersDay #parenting #adoption #gaydads
As a teenager I would fantasize about being married and having a family. Looking back I suppose it was a way to deny what I knew in my heart: I was gay In the 70’s gay people didn’t have kids. If I had a family, then I wasn’t gay. That ended up not working. I […]
“Dad” Is The Word That Makes Me The Happiest Father In The World! #ThanksBaby @Pampers #ad
Disclosure: I have partnered with Life of Dad and Pampers for this promotion. Dear Son: Thanks for making me a dad. It is the “job” I am most grateful in the world to have. And I only have it because of you, so #ThanksBaby! You were born at the end of May, so we got […]
