Happy Father's Day

May your children be ever at your side, their sweet voices in your ears, their tiny hands in your protective grasp, their cute faces in your sight, and their love and respect in your heart.

Dad's hold a uniquely important and special place in a child's life. When we are young our dads are the bravest superheroes, the "bestest" fixers, the fastest runners, the smartest thinkers, the funniest playmates, the strongest holders, the steadiest thing to climb, the quickest catchers (when we fall), the best listeners and love us deeper than the deepest ocean. They provide for us, nourish and protect us; we rely on them for everything and think they can do anything.

When we are teens they are the most annoying voice of reason, the one who fixes (or knows where to go to) fix everything, the one who knows everything unless it is something we think we know better, the one we call when we are scared or in trouble, the one we hide our secrets from, the one who's approval we always want but will never ask for, the one whose opinion is lame and outdated, the one to which we think we should teach the ways of the world and yet the one who loves us more than we know. We knock them off of their pedestals so we can spread our wings and try to do things more on our own.

When we are grown they are smarter than we thought, nicer than we remembered, more sentimental than we ever knew, more proud of us than we imagined, and more loving than we have ever known. They again become superheroes and confidants with endless wisdom that we want to tap so that we will know how to make better decisions as we continue to live on our own.

This is the progression, the ebb and flow of a child-father relationship. It is a connected circle of love. If we are lucky we live our lives surrounded by and protected by the loving embrace of a dad.

Happy Father's Day!

Emily A. Filmore
blog.withmychildseries.com
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