You could probably say everyday thats not Mothers day is Fathers day. Morée does so much to make our home happy. She works so hard at having a clean house and making dinner so that when I come home I can have Dad time with Jet and Oliver. I really appreciate that.
Last weekend we had a party for Jets 2nd birthday. This weekend we celebrated as a family because his B-day is on the 15th. It was pretty fun and we may as well have been celebrating Fathers day. We took Jet to T-Rex and to see Surfs Up at the Legends Mall. The exterior of T-Rex is quite a site to behold. It was developed by the same people that created the Rain Forest Cafe. Surfs Up was pretty good and it had a few recognizable voices. We didn’t get to watch the whole thing because Jet became more interested in the exit ramp. I don’t know what it is with ramps but he loves them. He will endlessly run up and down them…up, down, up, down, up down… While watching the movie I got a little misty eyed. No its not the times that I go to take Jet to the bathroom and come out unknowingly with poop smeared on my leg, or the times that I go to the ER at 3am because Oliver fell off our bed….Holding Jet in my lap and spending time hanging out with him is good fun. I really enjoy doing things like that with my kids and look forward to taking them out myself.
As I mentioned before some people just don’t get having kids. They act lIke there is something to be acheived before having them. Like there is a higher calling. Almost comes off as if having kids is some sort of let down for their life. And I’m not talking about just finishing college and good planning. I’m talking about these couples that think they need to have their 5th trip to Cozumel. I really feel bad for kids who have parents like that. (That was intended to make you feel guilty.) I’m sure people change and I hope for that in those situations. So heres the message, Get over yourself. If you wait anylonger your wife is going to pull the oldest trick in the book. “I just forgot to take the pill for a couple days is all.”
People do change and the lyrics below make it clear. I’m not a fan of this type of music…at all, but “Family Man” by Andrew Peterson is a song I think many Dads can relate to. I often find myself humming this tune. The melody is pleasant and the lyrics are pretty insightful.
I am a family man
I traded in my mustang for a minivan
This is not what I was headed for when I began
This was not my plan
I am a family man
But everything I had to lose
Came back a thousand times in you
And you fill me up with love
Fill me up with love
And you help me stand
’cause I am a family man
And life is good
That’s something I always knew
But I just never understood
If you’d asked me then you know I’d say I never would
Settle down in a neighborhood
I never thought I could
But I don’t remember anymore
Who I even was before
You filled me up with love
Filled me up with love
And you help me stand
So come on with the thunder clouds
Let the cold wind rail against us, let the rain come down
We can build a roof above us with the love we’ve found
We can stand our ground
So let the rain come down
Because love binds up what breaks in two
So keep my heart so close to you
And I’ll fill you up with love
Fill you up with love
And I’ll help you stand
‘Cause I am a family man
I’m saving my vacation time
For Disneyland
This is not what I was headed for when I began
This was not my plan
It’s so much better than
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Just a hint of perspective, if you guys haven’t figured out that we live in a world where Dad’s don’t know how to be Dad’s or in fact were never to taught to be Dad’s themselves. We have created a society that is crumbling within because Fathers have not done their jobs at being good Dad’s or Dad’s at all. They no longer protect, provide, lead, forgive, and love. They are to often consumed with being a masculine man: how do I meet more women, make more money, or take what’s his and make it mine. Man, it is sick how Dad’s have ruined what Christ has built within our society. Gentlemen if your a Dad we have to do better we are failing to fulfill what Christ called us to do with our children especially or little boys. I highly recommend that you read the book “Season of Life: a football star, a boy, a journey to manhood”, it is powerful and it will truly change your perspective of how your raise your children in the image of God. I have been asked to read this book and present this book as a book study to my fellow colleagues (principals)at the school that I will be working at next year. I have been reading this but steadily over the last few days and can hardly put it down, it is wonderful and life changing. Get it read it and love it. Better yet lead them, forgive them, protect them, support them, and love them for you only have them once, make every moment count. HAPPY FATHERS DAY! scratch all of the typos I’m not gonna spell check it or proof it either to tired…LOL
Thanks for the comment J-Dog. I’d like to see an outline of what the book tells ya. Blog it up!
sooo… no where near the picture of “wifeliness” randy has so kindly made me out to be, none-the-less Thank You Randy! Randy will be mad if i compliment him here… so let’s just say there would be tons to share.
One more thing, he was not referring to me/us with the whole pill scenario… another couple in another past. (There, clarified.)