Sunday, June 16, 2013

Give the father his due...

I think of my dad immediately when I think of Father's Day and I should.  I only have one father and I am so lucky to have had him in my life.   But this morning, out of the blue, I thought about my children's father!   And he was a good father to his children!   He disciplined them and he took care of them and he provided for them.   He did not have a great role model for fathering since his own father died when he was young but he learned instinctively what you should do to raise children.

He taught them things I could not have ever taught them:

Love for sports, how to ride a bicycle, how to drive a car, how to go to museum after museum, how to love your grandparents and how to show kindness to people.  He also taught how to camp out in a camper, how to drive across the US without much money and how to enjoy being a family.   These were wonderful lessons and I thank him for being a good father.   And yes, Mark, you can tell him that I said that!

Happy Father's Day to all!


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