Month: September 2025

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National Forgiveness Day: A Father Reflects on Healing, Redemption, and Second Chances

Forgiveness doesn’t erase pain; it transforms it. For fathers, it is not just a personal act. Forgiveness teaches our children that mistakes are not the end of love and that relationships are not defined by their worst moments, but by the courage to move beyond them.

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A Fair Fatherhood, Not a Paper Fatherhood

Fathers Incorporated advocated for legitimation reform at a hearing held by the House Study Committee on Legitimation in Augusta, Georgia. Our role throughout this series of hearings has been two-fold: to bring forward fathers’ lived experience and offer workable solutions.

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What Kept Me Here: My Story of Suicide, Hope, and Worth

You are not your worst day, your red numbers, your divorce decree, your diagnosis, your court date, or your secret. You are not the sum of your disappointments. You are a father, a mother, a child, a friend, a builder, a teacher, a maker of ordinary miracles. Your name is needed in rooms you haven’t walked into yet.

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