WHO NEEDS WHO

Some holes, only a child can fill 

By Sean Cutshall 

Nothing is the same, and the volume of life echoes in a whispered slur without her close.  My daughter has been, without a better or more fair explanation, been taken from me.

In a move that has taken her across the state, her absence has left a shell of a father, and an angry man trying to find a higher road to coast. I am following the suggested direction of the court to secure my future time with my daughter, but this is no consolation to the pure pain of her absence.

I am not a father who seeks to have a visit here and there to preserve society's current expectations of fathers, who no longer are in relationships with the mothers. Simply, I am a father who wants to be a father. You can call me different, or not the norm, but when did a father's yearning to be a dad become such a rarity, even a challenged thought by so many.

I believe in my heart that God made motherhood and fatherhood to be equal-when the accepted responsibility of this is equally understood and gratitude for it is not taken for granted.

I want to teach, love, console, and grow with my daughter, just like my daughter's mother. I am not less, nor is my life's experiences less valuable in nurturing the little girl God gave me. I have given nothing in my life more precedence or priority than fatherhood. Whether it is the beautiful experiences and opportunities I have being a step-father to two beautiful children, or the absolute heart warming, life changing experience of bringing my beloved daughter into the world,  it's important for those close to me to know, this is not a desire that will pass or go way. I am fighting for the only right thing, 100 percent perfect thing I've ever been graciously given in my life.....fatherhood. Again, I am simply a father who wants to be a father. I am destiny daddy.