The thought of being a father and responsible for another small person’s life scared the crap out of Richard Johnson.
And that’s when he had no idea that he was about to be a single dad.
So that definitely upped Johnson’s anxiety factor when it came to parenthood.
That’s why he was so happy when he found Life of Dad, a website that touts itself as “the leading community for dads.
We’re here to celebrate the adventure of fatherhood and to help you be the dad you want to be.”
He was so grateful that he decided to write Life of Dad telling them what an impact they’ve had on him.
“My name is Richard Johnson, and I’m a single father to a beautiful little girl named Persephone. Her mother left about a month after she was born,” Johnson wrote in his letter. ” We still don’t know exactly why, but we suspect post-partum depression played a part.”
Johnson explained how he found their Facebook page right after he became a single dad.
“In the first few weeks of it being just her and me, I stumbled upon your page by accident. I was so nervous and scared about being a father in general, but now I was a single father and had to fulfill two roles. I wasn’t sure I could do it,” Johnson said.
Not only did he learn lots about parenting and how to care for his little girl, but he also met others who were in a similar position as him.
“I had read every ‘new parent’ book I could find and clocked in over 1000 hours in YouTube videos from everything to braiding hair and painting nails to theories on how to deal with common parental issues. I then started to watch your page more closely and saw that there were other fathers out there who were in similar predicaments as me,” Johnson said.
He said that Life of Dad really help him to gain confidence about his new role as a single dad.
Seeing other dad sharing their stories and photos of their parenting adventures really helped Johnson to believe that he could be a good single dad too.
“The page started to turn into a major confidence booster and really helped me through all of this,” Johnson said. “I always look forward to photo submissions and reading the stories of some of the awesome dads out there in this community.”
Now that Johnson has a little more confidence, he and his daughter are doing just.
He’s even become a model father to his friends.
“You truly helped my daughter and me through a very difficult time,” he explains.
‘We’re both very happy now and continue to grow together everyday. She’s now 10 months, and I now get asked by my friends for parenting advice constantly. We’ve come a long way, my daughter and me, and we definitely owe part of that to this page and the people within it. So from both of us, we wanted to thank you.”
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Life of Dad,My name is Richard Johnson, and I'm a single father to a beautiful little girl named Persephone. Her…
Posted by Life of Dad onTuesday, November 10, 2015
