THANK YOU DAD

 

In dedication to my ex-husband and super dad to our love child.... 

 

 

I love to wear my Daddy's shoes

though my feet are small,

when they are in my Daddy's shoes,

I feel 10 feet tall.

Some day I'll grow to fill them,

I only hope to be,

as fine a man and great a Dad,

as my Dad is to me.

 

Author unknown

What Did You Say?

"Something, something, something... Are you listening to me mom?" Huh, oh yea, baby. "No, your not. So, what did say."

Where does he learn this from? I dont appreciate my 6 year old sons accusations. On the other hand, maybe I should have been listening or at least omitted the bold lie I told him. For the record, I have no idea what he was talking about.   

Know When To Be Silent

"Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be."

Unknown

My Child Hates Me

"If you have never been hated by your child you have never been a parent." 

Bette Davis

Chaperoned

"Parenthood:  That state of being better chaperoned than you were before marriage." 

Marcelene Cox

Memories

"When you have brought up kids, there are memories you store directly in your tear ducts." 

Robert Brault

Kisses

"Always kiss your children goodnight - even if they're already asleep." 

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Human Nature

You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around - and why his parents will always wave back.  ~William D. Tammeus

Whats Important

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, When 24 hours in a day is not enough; remember the mayonnaise jar and 2 cups of coffee.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and start to fill it with golf balls.

He then asked the students if the jar was full.
They agreed that it was.

The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured it into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls.

He then asked the students again if the jar was full.
They agreed it was.

The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else

He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded
With an unanimous 'yes.'

The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand.
The students laughed.

'Now,' said the professor, as the laughter subsided, 'I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life.

The golf balls are the important things - Family, children, health, friends, and favorite passions Things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.

The pebbles are the things that matter like your job, house, and car.

The sand is everything else --
The small stuff.

'If you put the sand into the jar first,' he continued, 'there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life.

If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, You will never have room for the things that are important to you.

So...

Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner.

There will always be time to clean the house and fix the dripping tap.

'Take care of the golf balls first -- The things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.'

One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented.

The professor smiled. 'I'm glad you asked'.

It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend.'

Written by someone who has a great understanding of life......

Oh, How You've Matured

"When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.  But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years." 

Mark Twain, "Old Times on the Mississippi" Atlantic Monthly, 1874

I'd Do It Over Again

"The father who would taste the essence of his fatherhood must turn back from the plane of his experience, take with him the fruits of his journey and begin again beside his child, marching step by step over the same old road. "

Angelo Patri

Thank You For The Riches

"Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance." 

Ruth E. Renkel

Owe Your Father A Debt

"Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament.  But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it." 

Clarence Budington Kelland

Love and Fear

"Love and fear.  Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other." 

Joseph Joubert

"Father"

"Father! - to God himself we cannot give a holier name." 

William Wordsworth

Lead By Example

"He didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. "

Clarence Budington Kelland

Play And Have Fun

"My father used to play with my brother and me in the yard.  Mother would come out and say, "You're tearing up the grass."  "We're not raising grass," Dad would reply.  "We're raising boys." 

Harmon Killebrew

What Gift Do You Love?

"Fatherhood is pretending that the gift you love the most is the orange and green tie."
"Motherhood is pretending that the gift you love the most is the big bunny slippers."

Kristy C.

Fatherhood

"The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother."

Unknown

Mom, You Are My Teacher

"You do your job and teach him. I'll do my job and see that his tuition gets paid."

Bruce Llewellyn