My Daddy’s Gone: (but My Father Is Still Here)

Children who grow up without fathers have long been the public subject of pity, scorn and derision due to factors beyond their control. Similarly, single mothers are often demonized or lumped into a monolithic group that rarely takes into account the individual circumstances that led to their single parent status. It’s true that in a perfect world, all children would be born to a mother and father who are bound together for life; and who both make meeting their children’s needs a central relationship goal. But we don’t live in a perfect world. As such, this book serves a few purposes. First, it is for those children who, for one reason or another, do not live with both parents under one roof; namely, their fathers. Second, this book is also for those mothers who choose to take on the full responsibility to raise these precious young souls WITHOUT badmouthing the father who has chosen not to be in their child’s life. This book helps those moms who struggle to provide an honest and child-affirming answer to the question most of these children eventually ask: Where’s my daddy? Thirdly, this book is particularly directed to mothers and children in households of faith, who believe in the concept of God as the loving Father of humanity.