It’s the story of a young man named Richard Johnson who lives in Las Vegas. He had a girlfriend who became pregnant and in 2015 the couple had a baby.
She was a cute little girl and we called her Persephone. The child was barely a month old when her mother left her daughter and her husband.
At first, Richard didn’t know how to act. He was shocked because he had to take care of the baby.
“I was afraid I wouldn’t cope. During the first few weeks, I panicked and started reading books about caring for little ones.
I was watching shows and videos on YouTube to learn how to raise my newborn baby,” the young dad wrote on his Facebook page.
Also, he made a publication on Facebook, on the page called Life of Dad, the aim of which was to help single dads.
Here, he wrote that he learned parenting skills to be able to properly care for his little girl.
Although Persephone was still 10 months old and had no hair, the caring dad learned to weave braids and do hairstyles.
This post got a lot of likes and comments.
Aside from words of support, he received a lot of advice, especially from fathers who had daughters.
And now the difficult times in Richard’s life have passed and his little daughter has grown up.
Richard started living with his new girlfriend, who had a 6-month-old son. And they both take turns looking after the children while they work.
The young dad wants his story to serve as an example for single fathers.
