Re: [QUAD-L] What are Fathers Made Of?

[David K. Kelmer]

Hi Dave,

 

That's great.  Thanks for passing it on.

 

With Love,

CtrlAltDel aka Dave
C4/5 Complete - 29 Years Post
Texas, USA

Ol' Man River <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

What a great tribute to all the fathers out there.

happy day, you guys

dave

 

 

What are Fathers Made Of?

A father is a thing that is forced to endure childbirth without an anesthetic.

A father is a thing that growls when it feels good--

and laughs very loud when it’s scared half to death.

A father never feels entirely worthy of the worship in a child’s eyes.

He’s never quite the hero his daughter thinks,

never quite the man his son believes him to be--

and this worries him, sometimes.

So he works too hard to try and smooth the rough places

in the road for those of his own who will follow him.

A father is a thing that gets very angry when the first school grades

aren’t as good as he thinks they should be.

He scolds his son though he knows it’s the teacher’s fault.

Fathers are what give daughters away to other men

who aren’t nearly good enough so they can have grandchildren

who are smarter than anybody’s.

Fathers make bets with insurance companies about who’ll live the longest.

Though they know the odds, they keep right on betting. And one day they lose.

I don’t know where fathers go when they die.

But I’ve an idea that after a good rest,

wherever it is, he won’t be happy unless there’s work to do.

He won’t just sit on a cloud and wait

for the girl he’s loved and the children she bore.

He’ll be busy there, too, repairing the stairs, oiling the gates,

improving the streets, smoothing the way.

Paul Harvey.

Dave
(what's a quad?)

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