Today (and every day) is about sharing, love, equality and acceptance.
We, and so many other families in our community, are choosing to raise children and build families based on something that cannot be taken away from us – Love and Faith.
Before we conceived, and even still today, I would worry about how people were going to treat us, especially our child. How would the world respond to him and how would he handle it?
There are many people in this country, in this world, who would call us selfish, immoral, and other horrific names or analogies just for being who we are, and just for bringing our beautiful child into this world.
We are refusing to hear it. Our job, as parents, is to protect, love and provide for our child, but to also teach him.
We laugh when we look at him and tell him over and over again “Do you know how lucky you are? You have TWO mommies!!”
He is lucky. He is damn lucky. He has these two people who love him unconditionally forever and ever, no matter what.
My son will be provided for and will be raised in a happy and healthy environment. He will be surrounded by loving family and friends, uncles and many, many aunts. He will have such a warm comfortable home with open arms and hearts always.
It is our obligation to make his journey through life as enriched as we can and the way I see it, the biggest lesson we can teach him is how to love other and to be the best human being he can be by accepting others.
My goal in being a parent is to give my child every resource I can to get him opportunity, but it would all be wasted in my mind if I don’t teach him respect and pride.
Our obligation to our child(ren) is to give them to tools and knowledge to be respectful, honorable grown-ups who are proud of their family and who treat each and every person they meet with respect and dignity.
It is our job to raise our child(ren) to be great members of our society. I will not be disappointed if my son is not a major league shortstop someday, but I think I will be disappointed in myself if we don’t teach him to respect people and bring something to the world that includes a life of love and acceptance of others.
meg said,
June 1, 2007 at 1:44 pm
Very well said!
Shannon said,
June 1, 2007 at 2:27 pm
Great post!
KJand the Kids said,
June 1, 2007 at 2:37 pm
LOVE the post !
rachelle said,
June 1, 2007 at 2:59 pm
how very lucky to have 2 mommies. since we all know mommies are the GREATEST. my brother and his partner for 8 or so years are planning to adopt soon. they want to adopt 3 year old boys (2 of them, preferrably twins and preferrably from honduras…but i told them to not be so picky). our hope is that by the time their sons are here, our drew will be around 3 years too, and we’ll have a grand old, diverse as all get out, family. and we love it.
rachelle said,
June 1, 2007 at 3:01 pm
ps. did andrew play in an exersaucer and when did you start to put him in it. i know it says 4 months, but i’m starting to put drew in one at 3 months (not for very long). he’s tall enough to touch his tippytoes and loves to play and press the buttons, but i’m not certain he’s strong enough in his back to withstand being in one for more than 10 minutes or so….
Denise said,
June 1, 2007 at 3:04 pm
Love the post!!
Stacey said,
June 1, 2007 at 3:31 pm
Wonderful post! Well said!!!
Angele said,
June 1, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Well said. I agree.
It’s almost like these children were given to us by a higher power to make the world right again. I know it’s cheesy but that’s what I think sometimes.
Many people will tell us “Oh she is perfect! She is gorgeous!” I say to them now “Yeah cause we paid for it. It wasn’t free!!” Then we all laugh
T said,
June 1, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Good
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Kim said,
June 1, 2007 at 7:43 pm
Well said! We can’t wait to be a 2 mommy family!
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SassyFemme said,
June 2, 2007 at 3:28 am
Just fabulous!
merr said,
June 2, 2007 at 7:19 pm
Amen! Very nicely said!
oneofhismoms said,
June 4, 2007 at 12:35 am
Yeah, our families are a pretty sweet place to be raised. My son was at a party today where he had 10 “aunties.” It doesn’t get better than that! 2 moms and a zillion lesbian aunties.
Mere said,
June 4, 2007 at 2:10 am
Oh fooyie! I’ve been such a bad blogger. Had I been reading my blogs, I’d have known it was time.
Great post!!
Sonya said,
June 4, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Excellent!