I haven't posted in forever. Mostly because I was too lazy to update my browser to support this blog. Sometimes I actually do have interesting things to say and today was a good day to express something. 2 days from now is Father's Day. It's a much dreaded day for me. My child has no father. He does have a grandpa and a great-grandpa who love him to death, but he doesn't have a dad. People seriously stressed me out when I was pregnant and when Nate was little. They constantly asked me what I would say to him or how I would answer his questions about not having a father. I always just said that I would know what to say when the time came. I've answered his questions, which have been few and far between.
Today while at story time with his grandma they were making Father's Day crafts. He made his for his grandpa's. He looked up and matter of factly stated, "I don't have a Dad". And that was that. So guess what people? It's not as big of a deal as you think. When a child is showed love, kindness, and respect from all of the present people in his life, he doesn't really stress about missing people that he doesn't even really know are supposed to exist. I know he will have more questions some day, but my well adjusted child is not really missing out by only having a mom, in fact I think I think he is doing really well :) .
