Quote from Forum Archives on June 15, 2003, 10:50 am

Posted by: bigguyhereagain <bigguyhereagain@...>

A Special Page Extra For Fathers Day

 

*** A Father Is ***

 

A father is a person who is forced to endure childbirth without an
anesthetic. He growls when he feels good and laughs very loud when he is scared
half-to-death.

 

A father never feels entirely worthy of the worship in a child's eyes. He is
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 to
smooth the rough places in the road of those of his own who will follow him.)

 

A father is a person who goes to war sometimes ... and would run the other
way except that war is part of his only important job in his life, (which is
making the world better for his child than it has been for him).

 

Fathers grow older faster than people, because they, in other wars, have to
stand at the train station and wave goodbye to the uniform that climbs on
board.

 

And, while mothers cry where it shows, fathers stand and beam -- outside --
and die inside.

 

Fathers are men who give daughters away to other men, who aren't nearly good
enough, so that they can have children that are smarter than anybody's.

 

Fathers fight dragons almost daily. They hurry away from the breakfast table,
off to the arena which is sometimes called an office or a workshop. There,
with callused hands, they tackle the dragon with three heads; Weariness, Works,
and Monotony. And they never quite win the fight, but they never give up.

 

Knights in shining armor; fathers in shiny trousers. There's little
difference as they march away each workday.

 

I don't know where a father goes when he dies, but I've an idea that, after a
good rest, wherever it is, 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 stars, oiling the gates, improving the streets, smoothing the way.

 

~by Paul Harvey~

 

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*** 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

 

Hapy Father's Day
Dave and Barbara

 

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