COFFEE AND CONDOMS 78: I Met My Father at 16 | Kellz Spencer & Scooter Tell Their Story Reuniting

Send us Fan MailThis episode of Coffee & Condoms became something much more personal than we originally planned.As we celebrate Kellz Spencer’s 33rd birthday, Scooter and his son open up about a family story that stretches back decades.Scooter shares how he and the mother of his child lost contact after he left for Korea on military deployment—and how father and son would ultimately meet 16 years later.For Kellz, that meeting changed more than just his relationship with his father. At 16 going on 17, he discovered that he also had a younger sister he never knew about, while simultaneously making the huge transition from growing up in Chicago to starting a new chapter in the Pacific Northwest.With Ms. Newman joining the conversation, the episode becomes a discussion about what “blood is thicker than water”really means when family relationships are complicated by time, distance, absence, and circumstances children may not fully understand until they're adults.And Kellz closes the episode with perhaps its most important message:Give your family grace.Especially for anyone who grew up with an absentee parent, Kellz talks about reaching a place where forgiveness becomes possible—even when you can't change what happened or recover the years that were lost.On his 33rd birthday, this isn't simply Kellz looking back at how he met his father.It's a father and son sitting beside each other 17 years later, telling the story together.☕ Real stories. Real family. Real conversation.Happy 33rd Birthday, Kellz. 🎂