Tell me about your father? Is he a man of integrity? Man of God? Loving? My father is all of these and more. He is so special to me, like all our dad's are I'm sure. My father is a God fearing, hard working man, that will do anything for his family. I've learned many things about my father in the 30+ years of my life. I've learned when i was younger that I'd better stop fighting with my brother or he'll pull the car over. He loves math, i despise math. He loves to sing but can't read notes. I can harmonize with him but it has to be by ear. He has worked very very VERY hard at his business and been dam successful at it too!! He never missed a sporting event or music concert and was my number 1 fan (a long with my mom of course). He saw me thru the years of IVF and even offered to drive me to an appt 2 hrs away from me (3 hrs for him). I know he hurt probably then I did with each negative cycle. Then came the adoption of C'man and he glowed with pride. Then the unexpected pregnancy announcement. We told my parents at the same time and I'll never forget dad's response. We said we're having a baby and he said 'wow so soon?' which was nothing out of line but he thought we were adopting again. It took 10 min before he realized I WAS PREGNANT! He cried!!
More recently after Miss A's birth I got very very sick with MRSA (staph infection) my parents BOTH put more miles getting down to help me in that 1 week then they did in one month. But my dad came down to take me to the hospital at 7AM for my pic line to be checked. DH was working and he didn't want me driving myself. That meant he left his place by 530AM! That meant a lot to me b/c I needed the support.
But with all of this comes me wanting to be strong for my dad. I don't want him to see me hurting. It seems when I hurt, he hurts more! I often think my mom has to help dad when one of us kids is hurting. I don't ever want to disappoint him in any aspect of my life. I have the utmost respect for him. I was hurting yesterday and as I left my parents house yesterday in tears, I could not look him in the eyes. I heard in his voice that he was crying too. I could just hear my mom say 'now D (dad's name) get a GRIP'. Can't help chuckle b/c often times she's right.
So with that I wished him a happy Fathers Day by spending the day with him and my mom. (kids of course too)
This also was a big day for DH but unfortunately the demands of farming kept him away. He is a great dad to our kids. I respect his patience so much! I may get horribly frustrated with him but when it comes to the kids, he really does do a great job.
A happy belated Father's Day to any of the Fathers out there that read this. You are great men and I hope you lead a life that makes your kids proud to have you as there father.
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