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TWO BOYS AND A DOG!
“Two boys and a dog!”
“What?” He ask again
“Two boys and a dog,” She repeats. Firmly! “That’s what I bring to the table!”
He studies her for a silent minute, so she gets up to leave. “Surely, he cannot handle this…”
“So?!” He interrupts her thoughts, “I mean,let me halla at you for a moment ma!” He takes her hand, and gently leads her back to sit.
“Two boys and a dog,huh?”
“See,I know you and ‘em babies have been let down one too many times before, and on behalf of my people, I apologize.”
She rolls her eyes impatiently, accompanied with a laugh…
“Nah!” He silences her cynicism with a kiss. “Don’t interrupt me boo!”
“I know you got the strength, the brain and the dough to raise your boys good with no brother around,”
“But I’m a man skilled enough to love you, strong woman! Ready to teach (y)our sons who a man and a father is. Well, and the dog too!”
“That!” he wipes her tears and hold her in a tight embrace. “That is what I bring to the table.”
“Two boys and a dog, you say,”
“What I see,though,” he reaffirms her, “is a whole lot of fam you be giving me.”
And so the story goes on and on and on: Today marks their tenth anniversary…
~Ode to the men who got unconditional love for ‘em single mothers and their babies~
©
“What?” He ask again
“Two boys and a dog,” She repeats. Firmly! “That’s what I bring to the table!”
He studies her for a silent minute, so she gets up to leave. “Surely, he cannot handle this…”
“So?!” He interrupts her thoughts, “I mean,let me halla at you for a moment ma!” He takes her hand, and gently leads her back to sit.
“Two boys and a dog,huh?”
“See,I know you and ‘em babies have been let down one too many times before, and on behalf of my people, I apologize.”
She rolls her eyes impatiently, accompanied with a laugh…
“Nah!” He silences her cynicism with a kiss. “Don’t interrupt me boo!”
“I know you got the strength, the brain and the dough to raise your boys good with no brother around,”
“But I’m a man skilled enough to love you, strong woman! Ready to teach (y)our sons who a man and a father is. Well, and the dog too!”
“That!” he wipes her tears and hold her in a tight embrace. “That is what I bring to the table.”
“Two boys and a dog, you say,”
“What I see,though,” he reaffirms her, “is a whole lot of fam you be giving me.”
And so the story goes on and on and on: Today marks their tenth anniversary…
~Ode to the men who got unconditional love for ‘em single mothers and their babies~
©
Published 4th Aug 2022
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~Ode to the men who got unconditional love for ‘em single mothers and their babies~
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4th Aug 2022 8:47pm
Men who marry single mums and provide a better male role model in the home deserve salute. I particularly admire writer CS Lewis who late in his life, having never been married, went on to marry a divorced single parent from America (although she lived with him only a few years before dying of cancer, a few years before Lewis himself did.)
5th Aug 2022 4:25pm
Oh wow!I didn't know that about CS Lewis.May they rest in peace.
Well,atleast they had each other when they did!It's better to have loved and been loved for a minute than to never have.
I agree!It takes a big heart for a man to look at another man's seed and see his own!
Well,atleast they had each other when they did!It's better to have loved and been loved for a minute than to never have.
I agree!It takes a big heart for a man to look at another man's seed and see his own!
5th Aug 2022 7:56pm
Replying to latter part of your reply, some men who marry single parent women have adopted the child despite not being the biological father when the latter chose to permanently absent himself. I know one (former neighbour) who married a Peruvian woman and adopted her daughter after the mother arrived in England before having their son together.
5th Aug 2022 5:36am
5th Aug 2022 4:19pm
