Really... I know it sounds kind of corny but I have always loved Superman - my favorite hero.One day we were watching Superman with the kids and I said something like, "...boy it was fun when I used to be able to fly...". "But Daddy you weren't Superman,...", "Yes I was, but mommy has some Cryponite in the house and so now I am just a mere mortal."
Now this has gone on for so long that it has created a life of it's own. Even when we started doing foster care, when watching "Smallville" on T.V. I would make comments about my former days as the hero.
When I first created this blog, the kids thought it was the best title for the blog. I have had second thoughts and have even gone as far as changing the blog title. But in the end I always come back and change it back.
Being a father/foster father has a great responsibility. You know you have heard that phrase... I take that seriously... (By the way if you really want to know - Wikipedia tells the real story behind that phrase...)
"With great power comes great responsibility" — Benjamin Parker of Spider-Man comics [C]
The often-quoted Spider-Man theme of "with great power comes great responsibility" is widely attributed to Uncle Ben. However, this was not initially true. In Amazing Fantasy #15, the phrase appears in a narrative caption in the comic's last panel, not as spoken dialogue. In fact, Ben has only two lines in the entire comic. Furthermore, the actual line reads, "With great power, there must also come great responsibility."
However, later stories and flashbacks that took place when Ben was still alive retroactively made the phrase one of Ben's many homilies he would lecture Peter with. Recent reinterpretations of Spider-Man, such as the Spider-Man movie and the Ultimate Spider-Man comic, do depict Ben as having used this phrase while he was still alive. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_misquotations
Anyway back to the story. I don't want to mess up any of my children, whether they are biological or foster.
So I begin a new adventure one where super strength and power all play a big role. Are there any villans to conquer? Yes, children who are afraid, feel left out, don't have a place to call home or just need to learn some basic skills to get through life - these are my new adventures.
You can join me on this new adventure if you like... maybe even together we can form our own league of family first fighters. You never know we might make a difference...
