Being a single father is a journey filled with unanticipated lessons, silent victories, and the kind of love that transforms everything. It’s more than just a role. It entails showing up even if you’re exhausted, uncertain, or totally winging it.

Story 1:

I am now officially the proud father of a high school graduate a feat his mother and I never accomplished, I know she’s smiling down on him from heaven.”

Story 2: 

“My boss is a single father to three girls. I once asked him why he hired a live-in nanny (me), when he never even had a regular one before. He told me he decided after some girls were causing middle school drama with his oldest (who was only 10) not getting her period yet, and he realized he had no idea how to handle it.

Dealing with girl drama seriously was completely out of his abilities, because he had never had to deal with it and didn’t get what the big deal was, and he knew all three of them would need someone like that.” sjdhagfk09 / Reddit

Story 3: 

Story 4: 

When your little girl asks you to do your nails too… There’s only one thing to say: