I’ve struggled with the decision to create a blog for the single father for some time. Should I? Would it be just for me, or do others have something to share? The thought had been gnawing.

Then the question: Being a religious man, and Christian, would my blog include my religious experiences with divorce and child-rearing as a single father? I guess it would have to. Without my religion, more specifically my Father in Heaven and my Savior, I’d not be who I am, I’d not have survived emotionally and spiritually in the normal sense of understanding, nor would I have the relationship I do with my children.

Since my own divorce I’ve been saddened at the lack of support for the single divorced father. Whether it’s divorce law, support from parents and friends, and even church, everything seems geared to support the woman of divorce. Where’s the father in all this?!

So, dear friends, here we go. Don’t know where the blog path will lead, but what I see looks pretty green and untrodden. So where two roads diverge in a yellow wood, I’m taking the one less traveled by. Here’s the first step. A bit unnerving. What you find may be raw. It will show pain, but it will also include great smatterings of joy, because amidst it all, yes, with the most painful experience of my life has also come the most joy. Strange? You can’t see how? Yeah, I understand. But it’s possible. I’m proof.

Ah. One more thing. For months (OK, even a couple years since considering starting a blog), I wondered: “If I start a blog, how specific should it be, religion-wise?” This morning it came clear to my mind. I can’t be generic. I can’t hold back my most profound beliefs. I am who I am. I’m a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Don’t know what that means? Search the web … or not. Just know that underpinning what I share is a deep spiritual belief in and profound gratefulness for Christ’s work on the earth through his Church, for me.

Feel free to write. Would love to hear from you: Carl@singlefathersblog.com

Brother Carl

PS Even though the domain name for this web site is not punctuated, “SingleFathersBlog,” I’ve wondered if it were, where would the apostrophe go if there were one? If it was Single Father’s Blog, that means it’s about one single father. Me. Single Fathers’ Blog means that it’s about single fathers (many). No punctuation, Single Fathers Blog means that the blog is not focused on one or many single fathers, or owned by them, but simply a blog of single fathers.

For now, it will be Single Father’s Blog. Enjoy.