A day after Father’s Day, I got to looking
at an old photo of my dad and me I had
posted on Facebook. Then, there was
another photo my grand daughter had
posted with her dad (my son) paying a
heartfelt tribute to her dad. I got to
to thinking how proud dads are of their
kids, especially after they had grown into
adulthood. Now, it’s fine being a dad when
your kid is a baby or a child, but to see
them grown up to be the fine upstanding
adult person they have turned out to be
gives a dad a whole new perspective of
how precious and important being a dad
really is. You’ve done your job, brought
a good and decent person into the world
who has your bloodline and carries your
name, a person who will give the world
all the special gifts they possess. Oh
sure, you were no perfect dad. You made
your mistakes along the way. But this is
your child and of them, the special
individual they have grown into
adulthood to be, you are so very
proud. And your button-busting
smile from ear-to-ear in those posted
photos says it is so. That, my friends,
is what love’s got to do with it.
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Chris Hanch 6-20-2022
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