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HERE'S TO THE FATHERS.....OF SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN
- Oct 15, 2009 at 7:58 AM
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May your father and mother be glad;
may she who gave you birth rejoice!
Proverbs 23:25
Here's to the fathers, who always begin,
on the outside of children, but looking in.
Such curious men snapping cameras like mad, recording the moment, they turn into "Dad."
Here's to the fathers, who put in their time,
who don't say to mother's 'that's your
job, not mine'.
Who wipe chins and noses and never say "won't"who do with the diapers, what some fathers don't.
Here's to the fathers who manage to stay
when so many fathers are turning away.
When so many run, leaving families to rot,
here, then, a cheer, for those who do not.
Here to the father
someone who listens,
Suggests and defends
And yet without anger, dread or regrets,
they comfort the child,
hold it close to their chests.
And as the child grows, they grow with it too,
learning a depth that they never knew.
And soon they are older, their hair slightly gone, chasing two children around the front lawn.
Or car-pooling teams to Little League games,
buying them hamburgers after it rains.
They mend broken dolls and fix broken wheels, they cringe when their daughters, try their first pair of heels.
They reach in their pockets, but never keep count, they pay dear for parenthood awful amounts
They postpone their plans to sail across seas, instead they sing "Barney" and bandage skinned knees.
Here's to the fathers who get off the phone,
to hear their sons practice their new saxophone
Who leave work to see their daughter's recital Here's to the heroes, who work without title.
For this is a world now full of neglect,
with everyday stories of lives that are wrecked.
So here's to the fathers who
won't compromise
who see a light shining in their
children's eyes
And feel a rare glow as if from a gem
and know that once someone saw
this glow in them.
For all the good boys they have raised in the world for all the examples they set for their girls
For all the loved children whose stories they'll tell Here's to the father's that taught them so well.
Every good and perfect gift is from above,
coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights,
who does not change like shifting shadows.
To all whom made this post just so very special I Thank You for sharing your dad's and grandpa pictures with me.
With Love From
Gloria
Tags: down syndrome awareness
Comments:
very nice,what a blessing.hats off to all theses dads!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL POST!!! I KNOW MY KIDS ALL LOOK UP TO THEIR DAD & MY OLDEST EVEN HAS MORE RESPECT FOR HIS STEPDAD, MY HUBBY THAN HE DOES FOR HIS BIOLOGICAL FATHER. YOU POSTED SOME VERY BEAUTIFUL WORDS & PIX OF THE THE GUYS WHO OFTEN ARE FORGOTTEN BECAUSE THEY WORK OUTSIDE OF THE HOME TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES. THANK YOU AGAIN!!!!
That is beautiful!!!!
I really love this. thanks for adding my picture of my husband and our little angel Brianna.
This is so touching. My children have been so blessed to have such a wonderful father. We may not have a lot of material possessions but I wouldn't trade my husband for the richest man in the world. So many, countless people have told me what a wonderful father my husband is. The second Ryan was born, we knew something was wrong and he told the Doctor, "I don't care what's wrong with him, that's my son." Those words will stay with me until the day I die. I am truly blessed.
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love it! thanks for sharing this!!