helping the wholeness find its way forward

Happy Father’s Day!

I love good parenting,

for I see every child

as a wholeness that can need help

in finding a right way forward,

in the last decades I have taught the children

of gay and lesbian couples,

I have taught children adopted,

as well as those from traditional families,

I am often in awe of the good parenting I have seen,

I am particularly in awe of the parent who chooses,

with eyes wide-open, to unconditionally love a child

who does not share their genes,

similarly, I appreciate the father

who gives his all to the child,

who makes his own way

to the little one, to the bigger one,

even though he hasn’t carried the child to term,

even though evolution hasn’t worked 

to bond him as firmly to the raising,

every parent must choose how much to commit to the child,

I celebrate whenever a parent gives their best,

this Father’s Day, I particularly celebrate our sons

for the enormous love which flows from them

and for how well they choose to give that love

to the raising of their children.

with love, from Dad,
Henry H. Walker

June 14, ‘18