An Uncle with Whom We Shared Father’s Day with

There are, many forms of a family, not just with a mom and a dad anymore!  Translated…

Shiny was raised in a house with three adults—dad, mom, and an uncle who’s unrelated to him by blood.  This uncle was like a second dad to him, whether it be in his infancy, his toddler years, changing the diapers, playing games, watching the cartoons, playing video games, to even bedtime stories, and putting him to bed, Uncle was always there in Shiny’s life.

In the art class the week before Father’s Day, Shiny wrote a card, planned that surprise for his dad.  On the way home, he’d told his mom, “Mommy, I wrote a card for daddy!”

“That’s wonderful, daddy will be very happy.  Do you know why you wrote a card?”

“Because it’s Father’s Day?”

“Because you need to let him know that you love him, this is very important.”

“Then, shouldn’t I write a card to mommy also?”

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“You will write a card to me on Mother’s Day, who else would you want to write a card to?”

“Then, can I write one for uncle too?”

Then, the two of them, mother and son bought a cake, decorated their living room, waited for dad and uncle to come home, to celebrate that Father’s Day that belonged, to all four of them.

“Uncle: thank you for looking after me, playing with me every day, I wish you a happy Father’s Day, I love you!”

So, this is, probably, the marriage of a same-sex couple, with the surrogate mother who’d carried a child for them, and, they’re, a family, just the same, and a family is no longer made up of a mom and a dad, there are, the various forms, shapes of families now.