Last month my mom and stepdad were coming to visit for a couple of days. The boys kept asking when my mom and dad would be here. Every time I would say, “He isn’t my dad!” Now my stepdad is an awesome person that married into a very crazy family 4 years ago. He handles us very well and is very patient with the bedlam we bring along when we come to visit. But he isn’t my dad. After a couple of days of the boys calling him my dad I was getting frustrated.
Our youngest said something about my dad coming to visit, I’m sure trying to get a rise out of me and he got it! I almost yelled, “He isn’t my dad!!!” Our youngest then said, “Well he might not be your dad but at least you have someone that loves you and wants to be around you.” From the mouth of babes right?! I was very humbled and decided to change my view.
He may not be my biological father but he does love my mom, me and the boys. He does all he can for us and enjoys having us around. That really sounds like a dad to me!
This got me thinking about the way that I look at the world. Too often I get stuck in one view and it doesn’t change. This man is my stepdad end of story. But my youngest taught me that looking at life through a different view gives me so much more than at first I was willing to see.
What could change in your world if you were just willing to look at it just a little differently?
