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  1. That’s a moving post Pai. Agreed and doubly agreed.

    I’m very blessed to have had a Dad who was around, and still is. My folks are more in love now than ever.

    But the truth of what you say is still the same. We can be better as Dad’s. Cherishing each moment we have with our kids, while we have them as “kids”, and then beyond.

    Cheers!


  2. That’s a moving post Pai. Agreed and doubly agreed.

    I’m very blessed to have had a Dad who was around, and still is. My folks are more in love now than ever.

    But the truth of what you say is still the same. We can be better as Dad’s. Cherishing each moment we have with our kids, while we have them as “kids”, and then beyond.

    Cheers!

  3. Rosy

    Love this post. Have always related to this song, too. My dad left my family when I was fifteen. You never forget, you just accept. I forgave my father, too. I had to, for my sake. My brother is always saying, “I will a better father than my own.” I say to him, “You are a better father.” Thanks.

  4. Rosy

    Love this post. Have always related to this song, too. My dad left my family when I was fifteen. You never forget, you just accept. I forgave my father, too. I had to, for my sake. My brother is always saying, “I will a better father than my own.” I say to him, “You are a better father.” Thanks.




  5. A great post and a gentle reminder for all of us in father roles to think about this responsibility and to consider how we can make ourselves better at it than we would have been.

    My dad was a huge part of my life. He taught me a lot about patience, persistence, intelligence, and inquiry. We all learn from our fathers whether they know it or not.

    Thanks for sharing this. It will mean a lot to many…

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  6. A great post and a gentle reminder for all of us in father roles to think about this responsibility and to consider how we can make ourselves better at it than we would have been.

    My dad was a huge part of my life. He taught me a lot about patience, persistence, intelligence, and inquiry. We all learn from our fathers whether they know it or not.

    Thanks for sharing this. It will mean a lot to many…

    sean808080
    http://sean808080.com


  7. great post, I strive to do well like you do


  8. great post, I strive to do well like you do


  9. I’m linking to this excellent post from my blog. I’m a woman who was savagely abused by three different families. At 55 I’m still cleaning up the mess. This post is another miracle of fighting against the monster: “The garbage stops HERE!”

    Thanks to all you dads who fill up little holes of longing in my soul for the father I never had.


  10. I’m linking to this excellent post from my blog. I’m a woman who was savagely abused by three different families. At 55 I’m still cleaning up the mess. This post is another miracle of fighting against the monster: “The garbage stops HERE!”

    Thanks to all you dads who fill up little holes of longing in my soul for the father I never had.


  11. Great Blog! I just found this blog via LuckyStartups.com! Thanks for posting this! If you don’t mind I am going to send this blog/post to our members on BabySpot! Only Dads of course…lol


  12. Great Blog! I just found this blog via LuckyStartups.com! Thanks for posting this! If you don’t mind I am going to send this blog/post to our members on BabySpot! Only Dads of course…lol


  13. Great post! Funny, I was rocking to this song yesterday – it came on the radio and I hadn’t heard it in forever… love Everclear! It is a pretty powerful song. You’re right, we have to make our own path of the father we want to be… -B


  14. Great post! Funny, I was rocking to this song yesterday – it came on the radio and I hadn’t heard it in forever… love Everclear! It is a pretty powerful song. You’re right, we have to make our own path of the father we want to be… -B


  15. I had a slightly different experience as my dad got a disease (MS) when I was 10 and I effectively lost him at 12 or so. I found a poem he had written as a young man and I know find myself looking at that poem more and more for inspiration for my own life. The words are haunting because the trap he fell into is one we can all copy in our own way.

    Here’s a taste:

    “Who’s In There”

    There’s something straining inside my suit
    The pinstripes are waving
    My Ivy tie is flapping
    My wingtips want to fly
    Hey who’s that in there
    The CPA – Oh no!

    It must be someone I know
    Hey who’s in there
    Oh the family man
    yeah he wants to go home and nap with his older one
    and squeeze his younger one
    No?
    Then who?


  16. I had a slightly different experience as my dad got a disease (MS) when I was 10 and I effectively lost him at 12 or so. I found a poem he had written as a young man and I know find myself looking at that poem more and more for inspiration for my own life. The words are haunting because the trap he fell into is one we can all copy in our own way.

    Here’s a taste:

    “Who’s In There”

    There’s something straining inside my suit
    The pinstripes are waving
    My Ivy tie is flapping
    My wingtips want to fly
    Hey who’s that in there
    The CPA – Oh no!

    It must be someone I know
    Hey who’s in there
    Oh the family man
    yeah he wants to go home and nap with his older one
    and squeeze his younger one
    No?
    Then who?


  17. This is a truly inspired post. I am the Father that left. It has taken years and a lot of hard work to rebuild the relationship with my daughters, and I thank God that they are better people than I am and have been open to rebuilding that relationship.
    The song has an impact no matter which side of the equation you are on.


  18. This is a truly inspired post. I am the Father that left. It has taken years and a lot of hard work to rebuild the relationship with my daughters, and I thank God that they are better people than I am and have been open to rebuilding that relationship.
    The song has an impact no matter which side of the equation you are on.




  19. this song tell my father and my childhood 🙂 i love it


  20. this song tell my father and my childhood 🙂 i love it

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