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A little about me:
I have helped raised nine children, none of my
own.
Six of them are still part of my life thirty
years later.
We are bound by love.
One day when the eldest daughter was almost a
teenager,
she jumped into my car saying,
"Poppy, I am
so sorry I said,
'You can't tell me what to do, you’re not my real Dad.'"
I don't remember her ever telling me those
words, yet she might have thought them.
She had been in San Diego with a friend who
did tell her step dad those words,
over and over.
They did not have a good weekend.
A few years later she had a job working in a
Buffalo Exchange second chance store.
She called me saying,
"Poppy, Get over here! We
just got in a shipment of tall people clothes."
We were laughing and having a blast when the
store manager came over
wanting to know what the fun was all about.
My daughter introduced me as her 'White
Dad' then paused thoughtfully
and said,
"That makes me an equal opportunity
daughter!"
We all laughed and felt blest with love.
Indeed
I am blest far beyond my expectations.
I have my children to thank for showing me my
purpose.
I have my grandchildren to thank for letting
me love them,
and for returning that love tenfold.
I am a blest Pop Pop, indeed.
Thank you for Loving me and accepting
Love in return.
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