Father’s Day was bittersweet for DeMarcus Ware. He was able to hold his adopted 3 month old daughter, finally, after three failed pregnancies and a son that was stillborn. Stories like this amaze me…
After the stillbirth of their son Omar Ware in 2006, the Ware’s at one time felt defeated :“That was the low point,” Taniqua [Ware] said. “To go to the hospital and give birth and coming home with nothing. You don’t know how to react.“You’re angry, hurt, upset.”
The Ware’s finally decided to adopt and were able to welcome Marley.
She was born on leap day, Feb. 29, with a black Mohawk that Taniqua said “you had to see to believe.” The Wares, who were at a wedding in Manhattan at the time, caught the first flight home.
At the hospital, Ware said, he told Taniqua, “You a momma now.” She replied, “And you a daddy.”
The Wares plan to try to conceive again, and they have talked about becoming a foster family. Recently, they started working with Jonathan’s Place, a local nonprofit adoption and boarding agency for abandoned and abused children. Ware said he hoped to become a spokesman for the agency.
He would tell everyone how Marley — and his struggle to become a father — changed his life, made him more responsible, fulfilled him in a way that football never had.
Congratulations to the Ware family…what a beautiful little girl!
Photo Source: NY Times
