5th Father’s Day
My journey to "Dadhood" started a few years ago, with a simple status post.
It was December 2010 when I posted on Facebook, "I want to be a Dad in 2011." Today I got to celebrate my fifth Father's Day with my wife, Cathy, and my three kids, Justin, Ethan and Bella.
If you're not familiar with our story, Cathy and I had been trying to start a family for years. She was diagnosed with cancer. She's been cancer free since 2004. We'd been trying since then to adopt. We were about to give up, when I posted my New Year's Resolution Facebook status. We heard back from a friend, "There's this boy..."
We spent the first week of January 2011 with Justin.
He came home to us in September.
Ethan came home to us December 7th, 2012.
Bella has been home with us just a little over two years, since May 30th, 2014.
Now, for my Fifth Father's Day, here's what they made me:
- Justin from the Bergchives
Justin from the Bergchives 1Justin
Justin is a HUGE fan of Smallville. We watch that show together over and over. There's even a Batman in there, because Batman! So, I'm SuperDad. And maybe a little bit of either the Dad from Fairly Oddparents or Jimmy Neutron, I'm not sure which. I don't smoke a pipe of have hair quite like that...
- Ethan from the Bergchives
Ethan from the Bergchives 2Ethan
Ethan created a completely new super-hero just for me. He has no idea what his code-name, true identity, or powers are - but he is totally awesome! Just like Dad is!
- Bells from the Bergchives
Bells from the Bergchives 3Bella
Bella went a completely different direction...Kinda cool.