JJ is a self-admitted momma's boy and will tell anyone he loves me more, but that doesn't take from the fact that John is an awesome Dad. He is great with Day & Meer and he struggled for 15 years, unfortunately unsuccessfully, to help raise Brandon.
So, this weekend he will be recognized, along with 8 other Dad's and recording artist Case, at the Father's Rock convention in Baltimore. He has no clue. He is working for 1 of his cop buddies from Ft Meade who owns his own security company. But when I heard they were honoring dads who served our communities, I knew I had to nominate him! This is the man who served our Country in the Air Force and the Army National Guard. This is the man who protected our community on local, state, and federal levels (and who will be going back federal shortly.) This is the man who every day tries to turn around the lives of kids who are dabbling on the wrong side of the law, and who takes it personally when they end up back in the system (and who takes great satisfaction when they turn their lives around!) This is the man who when he sees a tractor trailer accident at 3am will sit with the driver until EMS arrives. And in our own home, he is the same, but of course more protective, over us all. I can't wait for him to find out and it will be immensely hard not to tell him in the next few days!
And I credit him with our own nomination as Foster Parents of the Year. How many other men would be so willing to raise kids not their own? He's not just a by-stander, but a full-fledged dad!
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