helping the wholeness find its way forward

helping the wholeness find its way forward

By Henry Walker

Happy Father’s Day!

I love good parenting,
for I see every child
as a wholeness that can need help
in finding a right way forward,
in the last decades I have taught the children
of gay(gā) and lesbian(ˈlezbēən) couples,
I have taught children adopted,
as well as those from traditional(trəˈdiSHənl) families,

I am often in awe(ô) of the good parenting I have seen,
I am particularly(pə(r)ˈtikyələrlē) in awe of the parent who chooses,
with eyes wide-open, to unconditionally(kənˈdiSHənl) love a child
who does not share their genes(jēn),

similarly(ˈsimələrlē), I appreciate(əˈprēSHēˌāt) the father(ˈfäT͟Hər)
who gives his all to the child,
who makes his own way
to the little one, to the bigger one,
even though he hasn’t carried the child to term,
even though evolution(ˌevəˈlo͞oSHən) hasn’t worked
to bond him as firmly to the raising(rāz),

every parent must choose how much to commit to the child,
I celebrate(ˈseləˌbrāt) whenever a parent gives their best,
this Father’s Day, I particularly celebrate our sons
for the enormous(iˈnôrməs) love which flows from them
and for how well they choose to give that love
to the raising of their children.

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