Article Link: http://exchangepress.com/article/it-takes-many-things-to-be-a-father/5018006/
In the summer of 2005 I had a chance to be both . . . my wife preceeded a family move by three months while my daughter and I stayed back in Mississippi and prepared the house for the ‘relocation.’ Knowing what I know now, I am sure that took more courage and faith on her part than I will ever have. I thought I was not just a father and a husband but a great father and great husband. How lucky my family was to have me. In my mind I was not an unlikely candidate for Father of the Year or, even better; of the decade . . . why stop there . . . if there is an award for Father of the Century, don’t hesitate to nominate me, please.The summer of 2005 was destined to change all that for me. During that summer I learned more about being a father as a family member than I ever dreamed possible, or necessary. I learned that:
• it is possible to be present and absent at the same time. Two parents in the house does not always equate to a two-parent family.
• as busy as I thought I was, my ...