What Makes A Dad
God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,
The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,
The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,
Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it ... Dad
Author is unknown
Lessons My Father Taught Me
I watched you today, as you watched
your grandchildren, my children- and wondered
how you endured the pain, fear, joy and elation
that transforms us into parents.
I remembered the patience, the laughter, the tears.
Do I have the strength to endure it all?It is with great anticipation that I take these
baby steps as guardian, guide and parent, filled with
a fear of flying and failing- hoping that I might find
as you have- the child within myself, the magic of youth.
To encourage the spirit and to nurture the imagination
as well as the soul.I will move slowly, delicately, yet boldly-
armed with the wisdom of your life, your love,
with full awareness of my shortcomings, yet pride
in my strength, thankful that it was you
that brought me to this place, this time, this love.
I watched you today as you watched your grandchildren.
by Monique Wright-Hanna
My Father
W hen I was:
Four years old: My daddy can do anything.
Five years old: My daddy knows a whole lot.
Six years old: My dad is smarter than your dad.
Eight years old: My dad doesn't know exactly everything.
Ten years old: In the olden days, when my dad grew up, things were sure different.
Twelve years old: Oh, well, naturally, Dad doesn't know anything about that.
He is too old to remember his childhood.
Fourteen years old: Don't pay any attention to my dad. He is so old-fashioned.
Twenty-one years old: Him? My Lord, he's hopelessly out of date.
Twenty-five years old: Dad knows about it, but then he should,
because he has been around so long.
Thirty years old: Maybe we should ask Dad what he thinks.
After all, he's had a lot of experience.
Thirty-five years old: I'm not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad.
Forty years old: I wonder how Dad would have handled it. He was so wise.
Fifty years old: I'd give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk this over with him.
Too bad I didn't appreciate how smart he was. I could have learned a lot from him.
Author Unknown
Bringing Up Father
When I was a boy of 14,
my father was so ignorant
I could hardly stand to have
the old man around.But when I got to be 21,
I was astonished at how much
the old man had learned in seven years.
By Mark Twain
FATHERS ARE WONDERFUL PEOPLE
Fathers are wonderful people
Too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should...For, somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills,
While Mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills...And Father struggles daily
To live up to "HIS IMAGE"
As protector and provider
And "hero or the scrimmage"...And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion,
That Fathers are not subject
To the thing we call emotion,But if you look inside Dad's heart,
Where no one else can see
You'll find he's sentimental
And as "soft" as he can be...But he's so busy every day
In the grueling race of life,
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife...But Fathers are just WONDERFUL
In a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
And accolade of praise,For the only reason Cad aspires
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness...And like OUR HEAVENLY FATHER,
He's a guardian and a guide,
Someone that we can count on
To be ALWAYS ON OUR SIDE.
by Helen Steiner Rice
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