December 19, 2009 marked my first year anniversary of becoming a single dad. Who would have thought that this was to be my life. As a professional, we can be critical of other people who have children. For example, have you ever been at the mall where you see some poor woman trying to get her child to follow their directions. As the child uses the mall opportunity to perform their rendition of “ Disobedient in A minor.” You know the yelling at the top of their lungs “No I wanna Play” or the Screaming of “Your are Hurting me.” Before I was a parent, I would judgmentally state it that if it had had been my child that temper tantrum would not happen. Yes, it was me who laughed at friends behind their backs who had children on the teddy bear leash, the one that looks like a backpack but it attaches to a parents wrist. In the past 5 years I have learned the joys, laughter, pain, and frustration of being a parent. Parenting is the only job that does not come with a manual. It is the only responsibility that carries a life time contract, and it is guarantees to have a journey of a lifetime. It’s when you become a parent that the idea of the teddy bear leash become an ingenious idea. When you have children, having your 10 year old child sit in the stroller at the mall seems like a logical plan. Regardless, if their feet are touching the floor become a better plan than allowing them to walk throughout the store only to have to go to customer service to have them paged. As an educator by trade, I have been trained to work with students but nothing prepared me to work with my own. This blog is dedicated to sharing how I am learning to parent, work, run a company, and build my life. One concern I can say about parenting is that we do not want peoples sympathy but understanding. If you see me in the mall with my daughter and she is wearing a Princess and the Frog leash, just say hello and don’t laugh. If you do laugh because I am walking around with my child on a leash remember the words of a brilliant philosopher and poet 2pac, “Only God can Judge me, Baby, Baby !”

*Okay I admit she never wore a leash. It was a thought. Lol

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