Jack and Jill of America member and her daughter Recently, I have become keenly aware that good kids are created by accident. They become good because someone made a concerted effort to pour positive things into them--things like, honor, discipline and respect for others. These qualities are taught through lessons and by observation. For that reason, I have been actively considering how to give my children more examples of people who embody those qualities. Indeed, raising my children to become good people is my most important job.
Happy Father's Day!
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“What I’ve realized is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re willing to do your small part to leave our children — all of our children — a better world. Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.” ― Barack Obama, 2008
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Daddies, the men who get up everyday and try to make a difference in the lives of their kids. Their success is measured years after they perform the job consistently for years. Along the way, there are fun and hardships, but no guarantees. For that reason, we thank them on this day.
Let's Hear it For the Daddies
We thank them for having the courage to keep getting up and doing the hard, painstaking work every day. We thank them for making sacrifices, changing diapers, and drying tears. We thank them for striving when its tiring and loving when they might not feel like it--like when the kid accidentally kicks them in the nuts, spits in their faces, or ruins their favorite something.
Daddies do all of this and more. Several years ago, I wrote an ode to the daddies. Here's a link to that post. And to all those daddies out there, like my dad, my uncles, my father-in-law, and my husband, I salute you!
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