I had a wonderful weekend with my family. My fiance', daughter and I attended his family reunion. Samiyah got to meet even more of her extensive family. I got introduced to lots of people as well. Jerome even met some people he didn't know. Mix that with amazing cookout/soul food and amazing weather....makes for an awesome time. Later on Rome made us some daiquiris and Grandma took the baby.... that makes for an amazing night ;) Sunday Rome had his first fathers day, which he did spend with me and his baby girl so needless to say he had a great time.
OK speaking of Father's Day, I encountered the debate about single mothers being wished and celebrating father's day. Previously I had no opinion about this and didn't really care either way. HOWEVER now this year for some reason I've chosen a side in this ongoing debate. I personally do NOT think we should be wishing single mothers a "happy fathers day" Fathers Day is for FATHERS ie MEN. This can be a biological dad, or a guy filling in for the bio dad who is not in the kid's life. It can be an uncle, grandfather, cousin, friend whoever but none the less a father or father figure is a MAN. This is in no way taking away from single mother's. I acknowledge that the job of a single mother is not easy and it is unfortunate the kid has no father or father figure in their life. HOWEVER we women have Mother's Day. That is our day for ALL mothers including single ones. Let's let the men that are doing the right thing have their day without mothers trying to claim it as well. The names of the days made it very simple for a reason. Fathers day is for fathers and Mothers day is for mothers. Easy. Debate solved. well it is in my opinion anyway lol. Just my thoughts on the matter.
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