Archive for June 21st, 2009
The Paternal Unit
That’s what Lois calls him.
He started off as “Papa” to Julia, then morphed into “Daddy,” like Hannah still calls him. Rachel usually sighs an exasperated, “Dad!”
He doesn’t pick them up every-other-weekend. He doesn’t try to buy their love with expensive junk and phony praise. He doesn’t have to ask what they like to eat, or what grade they’re in or who are their current best friends.
Before church this morning. Lois – 15; Rachel – 18; Julia – 9; Hannah – 13.
On Sister’s Day, we saw the new Disney movie “Up,” and we all loved it. When little Russell was expressing how much he missed his dad, he described counting red trucks, and eating ice cream on the curb in front of the store and said, ” Sometimes it’s the boring stuff I remember the most.”
I’ll bet our girls will remember that he was never too busy to fix a printer, or return a text, tie a shoe or watch a cartoon. You know – all that “boring stuff.”
Happy Father’s Day, Keith. We love you.
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