(c) James J Alonzo
Today, my daughter Sherri took me to lunch for Father's day. It was a great day, since I don't see enough of her. The conversation was warm, enlightening, and I was proud to see the woman my daughter has grown into. Her poise, wisdom, and inner strength.
This is Father’s Day weekend. We honor men who are father’s whether good or bad. A good father guides his household to success while a poor one guides his family to destruction.
Ben Franklin, one of the country’s founding fathers said, “A father’s a treasure; a brother’s a comfort; a friend is both. Dare I say that a great father is a treasure, a comfort and a friend.
Father’s Day often finds me thinking about my step dad. Because of his cruelty we were never close but I did learn a lot about life through him. He was strong, hard, uncompasionate provider, and UNFORTUNATELY a role model to my 1/2 brother, his son.
I and my step father would not have agreed on many things on child rearing, and disagree on one important fact. My stepfather was not a believer in children being people. "seen but not heard" was his belief.
I have an uncle Larry, that became my role model, as a father, and buddy to his children. I knew that I would try to be a good father like my uncle.
Fathers have the power to give a good impression or a bad impression of what a father should be. If their father was dictatorial, autocratic, and a harsh disciplinarian, then Fatherhood is viewed in the same way causing people to wonder why they should bother with It at all.
Those who have a father that treats them with fairness, love, and respect, long for a close relationship with their own children.
Fathers are destined to be remembered one way or another and only as they parent, can their memory be something to be treasured, a comfort, and a friend.
