Real Fathers Real Men

12/15/15- Dear Tom, In 2006, my mom married my step-father, Jerome. My brothers and I had just arrived back in Memphis when she told us…

12/08/15- Dear Tom, I would like to nominate my husband, Keith Cordier for your real father real man. Keith was born and raised in New…

12/01/15- Dear Tom, My husband Sheron has overcome tremendous odds from his youth. Today you couldn’t tell the life he led. After spending two years…

11/24/15- Dear Tom, Charlie is dad of four, two teen girls from a prior relationship and two toddler boys with me. During the day he works at…

11/17/15- Dear Tom, My husband Eric Rayfield is a wonderful, kind, loving father, and husband.  Though he struggle’s everyday with his health, because he is…

11/10/15- Dear Tom, Having 18 years clean and overcoming a lot of obstacles in life my father is the greatest hero yet. I was never…

11/03/15- Dear Tom, I am writing in about my son’s godfather. He has been in my son’s life since before he was born. my son…

Dear Tom, 10/27/15- I would like to nominate my husband for real fathers real men.  I met Edward 14 years ago. My first husband had…

10/20/15- Dear Tom, As an educator, I see firsthand daily how children are affected by the scarcity of black father’s in our community. This is…

10/13/15- Dear Tom, My father is an overall outstanding man.  As a disabled, retired navy veteran, my father has spent his whole life taking care…

10/06/15- Dear Tom, I would like to nominate my fiancée James Cook. When I first met him I was a single mother of 6 month…

9/29/15- Dear Tom, We would like to nominate our father Mr. Carlos Hightower Sr. Although he is not the biological father for most of us,…