Insanity is hereditary - you catch it from your kids

That's a great quote. I'm not certain from whom it originated but, I borrowed it from an excerpt from Ronald Regean' presidential diary. Imagine, arguably the most powerful Chief Executive on the planet recording that in his personal journal after a conversation with one of his grown children. Must have been some conversation. Makes me feel a little better actually.

This is my inagural post in my blog about being a single Dad. I have a lot to say about parenting, single parenting, being the Dad and the only parent in the house. I think it's special. Special in an important way. Being a Dad is important, being a single Dad is - well, more so.

First, I acknowledge that being a man and choosing parenthood over the single life after divorce is odd. Not unique really, there are plenty of single Dad's out there today. We're vastly outnumbered by single Mom's of course, our numbers are growing, still it's odd.
My kids go to a school with 750 students and I'm the only single Dad (that I know of). Our school is primarily 2 parent families, SUV's & Mini Vans clogging the street and school driveway every morning. Next would be blended families, single Mom's and a healthy portion of Grandparent parents. So yes, our little family is odd and that's OK. I've grown accustomed to and even become amused by peoples reactions. Even the kids have related their friends are curious and bewildered about our family situation. This is our reality and it is - as they say- all good.