Happy 13th Birthday Carly! I don’t really have the words to describe how I feel today…so I figured I’d share a poem that I wrote for her instead
I never wanted to let you go
I hope you understand
I wanted to hold you in my arms forever
Like your fingers around my pinky
In the palm of your little hand
I reminisce of your beautiful face
Swaddled so tight in your baby blanket
Your spirit so innocent…& guess what?
I still have that baby blanket…
It’s folded in the chest by my bed
& sometimes I unravel it
Just to put it around my neck
& pretend it’s you I’m holding instead
Because everyday I wake up
With you beating in my heart
& dancing in my head
Oh how I wish you could
Twirl in my hands
One day soon my love…
I promise we will dance again
But until that day comes
I’ll be seeing you in my dreams
Replaying the sweet memory on repeat
Of my pinky in the palm of your little hand
I love you so much Carly & I can’t wait to hold your hand again ❤️ #Adoption #BirthParentStrong
How am I supposed to finish cleaning the house when this little face keeps trying to talk to me!? It’s simple, I just don’t worry about the house lol the mess isn’t going anywhere! But I won’t ever get these little baby babble conversations back once they’re gone. So I make sure to just stop what I’m doing to soak in every little word she says. She won’t be a baby forever! 🥺😩😍 #DaddysGirl #RyaRose
I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH!
There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t catch myself, stopped dead in my tracks, just staring at all of their beautiful faces, while I have the biggest smile on my own, that I didn’t even realize was there, until I recognized what I was doing. That’s how pure the happiness is that they all bring me…it’s so organically magical that it is impossible to describe in words or how it feels. I just feel so blessed & honored to be the father of these angelic girls & to be the husband to such a gorgeous, strong nurturing woman. I’m feeling super grateful today for this undeserving life I have received & I promise that I won’t ever take it for granted! #GirlDad #BlessedByDaughters #ProudHusband
I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH!
There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t catch myself, stopped dead in my tracks, just staring at all of their beautiful faces, while I have the biggest smile on my own, that I didn’t even realize was there, until I recognized what I was doing. That’s how pure the happiness is that they all bring me…it’s so organically magical that it is impossible to describe in words or how it feels. I just feel so blessed & honored to be the father of these angelic girls & to be the husband to such a gorgeous, strong nurturing woman. I’m feeling super grateful today for this undeserving life I have received & I promise that I won’t ever take it for granted! #GirlDad #BlessedByDaughters #ProudHusband
I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH!
There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t catch myself, stopped dead in my tracks, just staring at all of their beautiful faces, while I have the biggest smile on my own, that I didn’t even realize was there, until I recognized what I was doing. That’s how pure the happiness is that they all bring me…it’s so organically magical that it is impossible to describe in words or how it feels. I just feel so blessed & honored to be the father of these angelic girls & to be the husband to such a gorgeous, strong nurturing woman. I’m feeling super grateful today for this undeserving life I have received & I promise that I won’t ever take it for granted! #GirlDad #BlessedByDaughters #ProudHusband
I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH!
There’s not a day that goes by where I don’t catch myself, stopped dead in my tracks, just staring at all of their beautiful faces, while I have the biggest smile on my own, that I didn’t even realize was there, until I recognized what I was doing. That’s how pure the happiness is that they all bring me…it’s so organically magical that it is impossible to describe in words or how it feels. I just feel so blessed & honored to be the father of these angelic girls & to be the husband to such a gorgeous, strong nurturing woman. I’m feeling super grateful today for this undeserving life I have received & I promise that I won’t ever take it for granted! #GirlDad #BlessedByDaughters #ProudHusband
2nd camping trip of the summer down! (first one was just for mom & dad lol 🤫) & I spent a lot of time just sitting back, watching & reflecting on how incredibly blessed I am! I literally dreamt of this life when I was a little boy. To have a devoted beautiful wife, happy thriving children & memories that we’ll all cherish as a family together forever! I’m so grateful for everything this life has given me! I don’t know what I did to deserve this but I tell ya what, I don’t plan on wasting it! I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH! 🥺❤️😩🙏🏻
2nd camping trip of the summer down! (first one was just for mom & dad lol 🤫) & I spent a lot of time just sitting back, watching & reflecting on how incredibly blessed I am! I literally dreamt of this life when I was a little boy. To have a devoted beautiful wife, happy thriving children & memories that we’ll all cherish as a family together forever! I’m so grateful for everything this life has given me! I don’t know what I did to deserve this but I tell ya what, I don’t plan on wasting it! I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH! 🥺❤️😩🙏🏻
2nd camping trip of the summer down! (first one was just for mom & dad lol 🤫) & I spent a lot of time just sitting back, watching & reflecting on how incredibly blessed I am! I literally dreamt of this life when I was a little boy. To have a devoted beautiful wife, happy thriving children & memories that we’ll all cherish as a family together forever! I’m so grateful for everything this life has given me! I don’t know what I did to deserve this but I tell ya what, I don’t plan on wasting it! I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH! 🥺❤️😩🙏🏻
2nd camping trip of the summer down! (first one was just for mom & dad lol 🤫) & I spent a lot of time just sitting back, watching & reflecting on how incredibly blessed I am! I literally dreamt of this life when I was a little boy. To have a devoted beautiful wife, happy thriving children & memories that we’ll all cherish as a family together forever! I’m so grateful for everything this life has given me! I don’t know what I did to deserve this but I tell ya what, I don’t plan on wasting it! I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH! 🥺❤️😩🙏🏻
2nd camping trip of the summer down! (first one was just for mom & dad lol 🤫) & I spent a lot of time just sitting back, watching & reflecting on how incredibly blessed I am! I literally dreamt of this life when I was a little boy. To have a devoted beautiful wife, happy thriving children & memories that we’ll all cherish as a family together forever! I’m so grateful for everything this life has given me! I don’t know what I did to deserve this but I tell ya what, I don’t plan on wasting it! I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH! 🥺❤️😩🙏🏻
2nd camping trip of the summer down! (first one was just for mom & dad lol 🤫) & I spent a lot of time just sitting back, watching & reflecting on how incredibly blessed I am! I literally dreamt of this life when I was a little boy. To have a devoted beautiful wife, happy thriving children & memories that we’ll all cherish as a family together forever! I’m so grateful for everything this life has given me! I don’t know what I did to deserve this but I tell ya what, I don’t plan on wasting it! I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH! 🥺❤️😩🙏🏻
2nd camping trip of the summer down! (first one was just for mom & dad lol 🤫) & I spent a lot of time just sitting back, watching & reflecting on how incredibly blessed I am! I literally dreamt of this life when I was a little boy. To have a devoted beautiful wife, happy thriving children & memories that we’ll all cherish as a family together forever! I’m so grateful for everything this life has given me! I don’t know what I did to deserve this but I tell ya what, I don’t plan on wasting it! I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH! 🥺❤️😩🙏🏻
2nd camping trip of the summer down! (first one was just for mom & dad lol 🤫) & I spent a lot of time just sitting back, watching & reflecting on how incredibly blessed I am! I literally dreamt of this life when I was a little boy. To have a devoted beautiful wife, happy thriving children & memories that we’ll all cherish as a family together forever! I’m so grateful for everything this life has given me! I don’t know what I did to deserve this but I tell ya what, I don’t plan on wasting it! I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH! 🥺❤️😩🙏🏻
2nd camping trip of the summer down! (first one was just for mom & dad lol 🤫) & I spent a lot of time just sitting back, watching & reflecting on how incredibly blessed I am! I literally dreamt of this life when I was a little boy. To have a devoted beautiful wife, happy thriving children & memories that we’ll all cherish as a family together forever! I’m so grateful for everything this life has given me! I don’t know what I did to deserve this but I tell ya what, I don’t plan on wasting it! I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH! 🥺❤️😩🙏🏻
2nd camping trip of the summer down! (first one was just for mom & dad lol 🤫) & I spent a lot of time just sitting back, watching & reflecting on how incredibly blessed I am! I literally dreamt of this life when I was a little boy. To have a devoted beautiful wife, happy thriving children & memories that we’ll all cherish as a family together forever! I’m so grateful for everything this life has given me! I don’t know what I did to deserve this but I tell ya what, I don’t plan on wasting it! I LOVE MY LITTLE FAMILY SO MUCH! 🥺❤️😩🙏🏻
This is absolutely heartbreaking to me! It’s only been a week since overturning Roe V Wade & look at the unnecessary trauma it’s causing already!
The bottom line is that the decision to choose if abortion is the right choice for anyone, should be between THEM & A DOCTOR of their choice!
NOT some theocratic hypocritical dishonest judges!
I wonder what the judges who voted in favor of overturning Roe V Wade would tell this poor woman? You know, the same ones who LIED in the confirmation hearings about their opinions on that case in order to get their power? Yeah those ones!
I feel so sad for this woman & the inevitable others that will have to face this type of unnecessary adversity in the future due to the Supreme Court’s attack on women’s reproductive rights. To all the women out there & as a father of all girls, I promise you I will fight to the end for you to have your reproductive rights! I stand with you & I’m just so sorry that we even have to fight this in the first place 😔💔
At first I must admit, I was terrified
Until I saw your face for the first time
I looked right down at you & said
“Hi beautiful baby, I’m your dad!”
Your little hand around my pinky
gave me blissful peace
I was not expecting
& each day my pinky
gets a little too small
But you still hold on
which keeps me strong
I used to believe
I didn’t deserve you
But now I know where
I’ve always belonged
& it’s with you wrapped in my arms
Your head hovering over my heart
Our souls tethered together
Destined to never rip apart
For I know I can’t keep you here forever
So I promise to always be your shelter
No matter the weather
or the storms that may come from the wild dreams you chase after
Just know you’ll always have a safe place to warm up & feel taller…
& that’s right here
on your daddy’s shoulders
Because I’ll always be your protector
You’ll always be my daughter
& it’s my highest honor to be your father
#NovaleeReign #GirlDad #BlessedByDaughters
FUN FACT:
Jesus (as a 1st century JEWISH man) would have believed life begins at first breath, not conception (refer to Genesis 2:7 or multiple other scriptures in the Torah) however, as a rational human being I know that the scripture in the Bible (& many other holy books of religion) is ambiguous, as most ancient scriptures are.
Which brings me to my next point…you are free to practice any religion (even if you refuse to study the history of that religion & it’s origins, which by the way, I highly suggest you do) & I agree with you having that liberty because that’s your basic human right. But to allow your constructed religion & it’s ancient ambiguous scriptures directly affect MY DAUGHTER’S basic human right of BODY AUTONOMY is heartbreaking & wrong! There’s a reason our “founding fathers” believed in the separation of church & state. Because there is no such thing as the “one & only authentic religion/god of all people”. So the fact that the main argument for anti abortion advocates is based on their beliefs of when life truly begins or not, is asinine!
You did NOT MAKE ABORTION ILLEGAL…you just made SAFE ones illegal!
I’m angry. I’m hurt. I’m disappointed. I’m scared for my daughters & so many other women right now & I’m just so sorry this is happening. This is not the world I wanted to raise my daughters in. My heart literally breaks for them & you…but I promise I will fight! I will vote! & I will humbly seek more knowledge & understanding on how to be the best advocate for my wife, my daughters & any other woman out there. I stand with you! 🙌🏻 #RoeVWade
When you’re in the middle of a cut & the lighting is just way too good to avoid taking progress pics lol 😏 iykyk! 🤣💪🏻😤 Hard work is paying off! #FitnessJourney #BodyBuilding #Ectomorph
When you’re in the middle of a cut & the lighting is just way too good to avoid taking progress pics lol 😏 iykyk! 🤣💪🏻😤 Hard work is paying off! #FitnessJourney #BodyBuilding #Ectomorph
This is what the majority of people who are opposing abortion rights, are all basing their arguments on & I just don’t understand it. Do they not remember the history & origin of this nation & why we have the democracy we all love & cherish so much?
The FIRST AMENDMENT states:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”
Yet we’re STILL having to fight to keep religion out of political law! This is the whole reason our “founding fathers” decided to write the constitution in the first place! To be free from the possibility of totalitarian tyrannical power & to protect, insure & uphold our rights as citizens!
Nobody is forcing you to get an abortion
Nobody is forcing you to like abortion
Nobody is forcing you to agree on abortion
The bottom line is, NOBODY IS FORCING YOU! YOU HAVE A CHOICE & the FREEDOM to do what you want with your own reproductive organs! YOU HAVE A CHOICE between YOU & YOUR DOCTOR on how to best manage your personal individual healthcare (which include your reproductive organs). Why would you NOT want these rights?
This is what the majority of people who are opposing abortion rights, are all basing their arguments on & I just don’t understand it. Do they not remember the history & origin of this nation & why we have the democracy we all love & cherish so much?
The FIRST AMENDMENT states:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”
Yet we’re STILL having to fight to keep religion out of political law! This is the whole reason our “founding fathers” decided to write the constitution in the first place! To be free from the possibility of totalitarian tyrannical power & to protect, insure & uphold our rights as citizens!
Nobody is forcing you to get an abortion
Nobody is forcing you to like abortion
Nobody is forcing you to agree on abortion
The bottom line is, NOBODY IS FORCING YOU! YOU HAVE A CHOICE & the FREEDOM to do what you want with your own reproductive organs! YOU HAVE A CHOICE between YOU & YOUR DOCTOR on how to best manage your personal individual healthcare (which include your reproductive organs). Why would you NOT want these rights?
This is what the majority of people who are opposing abortion rights, are all basing their arguments on & I just don’t understand it. Do they not remember the history & origin of this nation & why we have the democracy we all love & cherish so much?
The FIRST AMENDMENT states:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;”
Yet we’re STILL having to fight to keep religion out of political law! This is the whole reason our “founding fathers” decided to write the constitution in the first place! To be free from the possibility of totalitarian tyrannical power & to protect, insure & uphold our rights as citizens!
Nobody is forcing you to get an abortion
Nobody is forcing you to like abortion
Nobody is forcing you to agree on abortion
The bottom line is, NOBODY IS FORCING YOU! YOU HAVE A CHOICE & the FREEDOM to do what you want with your own reproductive organs! YOU HAVE A CHOICE between YOU & YOUR DOCTOR on how to best manage your personal individual healthcare (which include your reproductive organs). Why would you NOT want these rights?
