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A birthfather checking in
I am the birthfather of a nearly 20 year old young man. Although we have yet to reunite, he is a major part of my being. He enters my thoughts on a regular basis and I look forward to a time when we can form a relationship. I'm not sure what our relationship will look like, but know that he has parents and that I can't really be his parent. In some ways I would want to be a parent figure, but I'm realistic enough to know that it would not be good for me to use our future relationship as a way to recover everything that I have lost. I hope that he has had a happy childhood (this is not a given) and that he is developing into a compassionate adult (again, not a given).
I, like many others, would like to hear more from birthfathers.
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