I’m Matt, and I’m trying to work out how to label myself (why do we feel the need to do that?). I am no longer a single father, as I remarried, but I do not live with my small humans. I’ve also realised that I don’t actually have any sensible pictures of myself!
This Dad Tries has come out of my battle with myself as a single/non-primary parent. (How even do you describe that?)
I used to find myself struggling as a dad. I never felt like I got it right, and even more so when I became a single parent. When that happened, it felt like I had opened up a whole new raft of ways to screw up my children. But I have to remember that no matter how much I feel like I fail, I have to keep trying. Trying to love my wife, my children, and myself. Trying to parent when I only see them 5 days in 31. Trying to make sure they have enough sleep, the right kind of food, good experiences. But also trying to run my own house, and love my wife. And, as a Christian, trying to do that all in a way that honours God.
So, if you’re a dad, whether you see your kids every day, or once a month, then do follow along, and remember, as a wise woman once told me “You cannot take all of the credit, but you also cannot take all of the blame!”