A FATHER'S PRAYER
Ask not, my child, what I can do for you.
Forgive what seems like stinginess today.
A lot will be required to go through
The process of discovering the right way.
Help yourself. Don't wait for me, my child.
Each one of us must learn to stand alone.
Rich rewards like Love can't be beguiled,
Seduced or bought. They must in toil be grown.
Perhaps to you I sound a bit too stern?
Remember that I've lived a longer time.
A joy cannot exist until you earn
Your way. To do it FOR you'd be a crime.
Exacting though I seem, my little one,
Respect me now, and –– later –– you'll have fun.
~ FreeThinke - The Sandpiper
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God bless all, and everyone's Dads....I miss mine every single day.
ReplyDeleteOur loved ones are always with us, Doris, as long as we cherish their memory.
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ReplyDeleteNot my kind of music, but I love the sentiments expressed –– and the pictures that went with it were delightfully appropriate.
DeleteVery nice. Thank you, and a HAPPY FATHER'S DAY to YOU, Pop!
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Grab a tissue: Budweiser tribute on Father’s Day tugs at heartstrings
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by Karen Townsend
Talk about a welcome tear-jerker of a commercial. Budweiser has one for you as a tribute to all the stepfathers out there who stepped up and parented children who came into their lives via marriage.An advertisement in support of stepfathers is a good hook. It’s an untraditional one for Father’s Day, where the main focus is on biological fathers. We know the rate of divorce is almost 50% so there are a lot of stepfathers out there. This ad shows three stepfathers and their stepkids, all now grown adults. Spoiler Alert: They all ask to be formally adopted by their stepfathers. I know. Grab a tissue and watch . . .