I became a father at 16
When I was 15 I got my girlfriend pregnant. … Continue reading
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Mike Duffy’s “Love Child”
Yesterday Maclean's Magazine broke a story about a woman claiming to be Senator Mike Duffy's unacknowledged daughter. Other media outlets are - predictably - referring to this woman as his "love child" and Duffy himself is saying that the story is inaccurate and is a 30 year old story.
First … Continue reading
“Should rape be legalized to make it safer?”
This was the question posed by Sun Media "journalist" Faith Goldy to a woman standing near to me at the anti-choice "March for Life" last week. I was participating in the pro-choice presence as I do every year. Goldy was working her way along the line asking confrontational questions and pushing … Continue reading
On Fatherhood
Fatherhood vs. Being a Dad
My father had a little sculpture of a boy and his dad standing by a tree and "Any man can be a father, it takes a special man to be a Dad" was written on the base. I first became a father when I was a teenager to twins that we placed for adoption. Those kids are … Continue reading
Memory
It is interesting how memory works. Sometimes memories are powerful and pop-up at unexpected times. Sometimes they come unbidden and other times more consciously on specific dates. Sometimes we just forget. In this particular case, I forgot.
Twenty-two years ago yesterday I became a father … Continue reading