Dads Shall Overcome

Not going to lie, we were expecting you guys to bring the heavy hammer of humor on this one but instead what we heard from you are the many tortuous hardships you have or are still experiencing in your own life as a dad. We offer you much support and know that you shall overcome.

Chris Wiley: The hardest thing that I’ve had to overcome is having an ex that did everything that she could to alienate my children to me. You just have to be the stronger person, be consistent and be yourself and eventually they will find the truth on their own.

Joey Lowrie: Those long nights where all my son wants is to see his mother so he cries until he shakes and pukes. Her and I never saw eye to eye, so she isn’t around much. Thinking of millions of possible outcomes of future conversations. Like, “Where do babies come from?” and when he starts going to friends houses, “Why aren’t you and mommy together?”. Life as a single dad is never easy but that would have to be the hardest.

Anthony Fernandez: Trying to cover up for a cheating wife to protect the innocence of my child. The continuous questions why mommy had daddies best friend in the bed.

Jason Walsh: Quasi-stepdad here (not married, 5 year relationship). Fear of parenting. I don’t like my mom’s husband at all to the point I only see my mom on occasion and never at their house. I don’t want to become him to these two boys. Teaching and helping them is easy. It’s the punishing that’s scares me. I’m afraid I’ll lose them. Learning to bite the bullet has been the hardest part.
I love these kids to death. I’m still not there, but I’m working on it.

Donavon Hall: Losing my first child, then having 3 more and my ex wouldn’t let me see them for 5 years but she lets me see them now on weekends…..but losing my first born has changed me in a way that I’ll never be my old self again.

David Argentum: Being a single father as of October, still struggling still trying my hardest all while being 25 not young to most but I mean damn, still figuring life out as I go but that new raise at my job sure will help.

Doug Cripe: Severe depression dragging both girls into a lie. Because of my mental state I was gone 2 years physically and 3-4 mentally because of burying 3 close family in 7 months 2 looney bins 5 hospitals and 7 Ect brain shocks w the help of meds. I’m kinda good.

Rich Porter: Realizing that my kid is a separate little person, with attitudes and thoughts of their own. Not a little “mini-me” clone of myself.

Clayton Carter: My triplet 9 year old sons losing their mom almost a year ago. It’s been a bitch of a year for us.

Marco Covarrubias: I was gonna write something silly on here but after reading all the hardships some of you have endured, I just don’t think I have overcame much of anything, just wanna offer my positive vibes and hope those of you going thru tough times find the way forward. May god bless y’all.

Are you struggling? Tell us, share with us, the Life of Dad community was built to be there for you to ask for help, to tell your story.

*flickr photo by The Pentecostals of OC, used under Creative Commons license.