A tale of two Fathers (#1234)

This is a story of two fathers, one who could not understand how to live with the life's he was given and the other who saw the discarded life's and took them to his own. A remarkable story of both destructive failure and resurrected success. It starts with a young man who brings into the world a bountiful family, but who cannot adjust his life to fit the proper narrative of being that father to his children or the husband to his wife. The weight of it all spirals in on him and his character does not allow him to survive beyond his own reckless actions. Another tries to fill the void left by the first father but is unsuccessful in bringing love to the now broken family. Enter the second father, a man, still in his prime, who in his heart has found love for the woman and her children in such a way as to sweep the broken family into his life with all that he is. From a single man with few burdens and many opportunities to do whatever he pleases to do about his future, to a man who is now responsible for not only himself but 5 children and a woman who has become the love of his life. A father who directs all of the great promise that is expected of him to become a man who gives all to his new family. No easy task but when love fills your heart, no task is too hard. William Cleveland Hall has become, over the years, the only father I have ever really known and in 47 days, will be celebrating being the husband to my mother and the father of us 8 children for 50 years. As I look back on the time we have spent together as a family, the moments that stick in my memory are the ones where we laughed and enjoyed the fun things we shared together as a family. I am a lucky man who got a second chance at having a father who loves us and who will always be assured of having my eternal love for his reward.