Father

Being adopted means having a biological and adopted father, and it shows you what a father truly is. A father is not the man who creates you, for anyone can have sex and concieve a child. Anyone can choose to call themselves father and after 18 years of never being in your life ask you to look at them as such. No, my father was the man who tried to teach me to ride a bike although he failed. The man who carried me in from our backyard when a nail went through my foot and although he had no idea what to do, still made sure I was okay. The man who was at every award ceremony I had with flowers to congratulate me and tell me how proud he was of me. The man who loved me despite being a jock as a teen and now had a goth, feminist daughter who wanted to lift weights and drive sports cars instead of paint her nails and become a cheerleader. A father is your rock and the person who supports and believes in you. My father may have dementia and some days not know who I am, but I will always know who he is and what he means to me.