Sunday, June 18, 2006

Band wagon

To hop on the aforementioned wagon, I propose a toast. To our fathers. For good or bad, hopefully the former, you have made us who we are today and what kind of father we will be in the future (if you're a guy, that is). To my father. For teaching me to always use the right tool for the job (i.e. use a screwdriver as a chisel if you have to), to measure 2, 3, 4 times and cut only once. For showing me that it is never too late to start over and fix old mistakes. Thank you for the advice you have told me, the example you have shown me, and the encouragement you have given me through the years.

To all the dads I know and love. Keep up the good work. Never lose the awe, wonder, and joy you feel now when your children are small. To the dads who are soon to be dads or want to be dads in the future, find you men like reflections, barefootpoet, and sacreddiscontent and pick their brains. If they don't know an anwer, they can find you someone who does.

4 comments:

thebarefootpoet said...

Thanks, I'm honored but certainly undeserving of your compliment. I don't think we can overstate the impact father's have on us, for good or ill. Mine is fantastic. Insane, but fantastic. (By the way, my dad released on the band a nuclear powered fart, DURING THE SERVICE, Trey was virtually screaming at the drums, I had to stop singing because I could not breathe. And he had that smile on his face...) You are missed around here brother.

LiteratureLover said...

What a great tribute to your dad and all the other dads out there.

aubrey payne said...

here, here! nice toast.
oh...since you asked...
i was an associate at binimea this past year, secretary stuff, librarian PE teacher...you know the drill....whatever they were understaffed for...i did.
its been interesting to say the least

soulreavers said...

Oh Lindy, I WISH I could have been there for Sunday. I just about busted a gut reading about it. ROFLMAO.