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We appear to live in a world of haves and have nots. Are and are nots. Always looking over the fences, wanting what the others have. Never really aware of what we already have or are . I am a Gay Man, married to the same and raising a child in a world where so many feel that to be a dream, an impossibility. Now, please understand. I do not marginalize or minimize, in any way shape or form the war that is waging for equal rights in the LGBT community. It's just that I live my life not with the idea of tomorrow or one day , but rather in the realities of today . There are countless individuals throughout the world that continue to deny a shift, a change. They live in protest as if their nays and boo's will stop the momentum of a time that has definetley arrived, not a time that is coming . Not a time being prayed for, but one that is here . This is certain,  I am proof. My Husband and Son are proof.  The remarkable parents we know

Author and his Mom I recently said two very interesting things while chatting with some friends. They were so interesting that I actually heard myself say them and thought,  hmmm. One was that my Mother had been all the Father I needed. And the other was that I was Fathering the way I was Mothered. hmmm, right? My Mother, divorced in the late 60's and took on the awesome responsibility of raising a Son alone. She up and moved us out of the city and took me to a place where I would be safe and loved and where I would, literally, want for nothing. Now those of you familiar with me know that I spend much time collaborating with all kinds of Moms and Dads that know.. well pretty much everything. In this world of blogging EVERYONE is an expert, even the ones that claim to not be are actually selling themselves as the experts at not being experts. We have Stay at Home Dads that, as Rodney said, get no respect! We have Moms who's