Today I met an old friend,well actually he is family, being he is my sister in-laws brother. I was deeply saddened to see the shape this man was in today.
Up until a yr ago, he was a single dad going through the same bullshit as me and other fathers. He was a father to a beautiful young girl,who was and still is his life.
One year ago he lost his little princess,she was 17 and died of cancer. I can’t even begin to imagine how this loss has affected my friend. I know when I seen him today,he looked a lot older than his 47 yrs and you could see the sadness in his eye’s.
He visits her grave on a regular basis,and told me he slept there one day a couple weeks ago,laying by her side for 7 hrs.
I’m at a loss for words and I feel so sad for my friend.It’s because of stories like this, that we as fathers need to step up and fight these laws,that discriminate against our rights fathers and limit our abilities as fathers to the children we so cherish and love.
I sincerely hope every mother out there who reads this will think seriously before she denies access to the father of her children,because this could be there story to and it could happen in a split second and it could be a car accident etc etc.
Thanks for listening…………..Brian
