Council of Dads

I knew I had to watch this show
because Tom Everett Scott also
starred in "That Thing You Do,"
one of our favorite movies!

I don't know if anyone else loves this show like I do.  It's about a family ... it's complicated.  Dad died from cancer in the first episode.  He proposed an idea to his wife as cancer got worse, about setting up a "Council of Dads," three of their friends who will help his family with stuff after he's gone. I love that concept, the council of Dads!  In the most recent episode, one of the daughters, an adopted daughter from China with a heart condition, needed surgery to fix something. While she was "out" she dreamed that her Dad came to her, and she realized after talking to him that it was OK to be true to who she really was.  There was a tender exchange between them before she woke up.  Now, I've had enough surgery in my life to know that there are no dreams going on during surgery, just blackness.  But it gave me hope I will have a similar influence on my family after I'm gone.  Long before I knew about this show, I had already put some thought into which one of my friends could help Mat and the kids with specific things they'll need as time goes on, a sort of "Council of Moms."  Our current joke is that McKinley totally got out of 5th grade maturation, so Maddie has agreed to take that on!  😂  But she'll probably hear from her parents too.