My son’s pregnant wife crossed a line when she forced my teenage daughter out of her own bedroom for “the baby.” I came home to find my girl’s sanctuary destroyed and her things thrown in the hallway. That was the last straw and I knew exactly what I had to do.
Being a single father to two kids isn’t something anyone prepares you for, especially when your world gets turned upside down by tragedy. When my wife, Rosie, died five years ago, leaving me alone with 17-year-old Alex and 10-year-old Mia, I made myself a promise that still echoes in my mind every single day: My children would never feel abandoned again.
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Alex eventually moved out to pursue his ambitions and married the woman he fell in love with last year, leaving just Mia and me to navigate life together. She’s 15 now, with her mother’s gentle eyes and an artistic soul that creates beauty even when surrounded by chaos.
People love to shower single mothers with sympathy, but when you’re a single dad raising a teenage daughter, the world looks at you with suspicion, as if you’re destined to mess up everything that really matters.
