Today I just wanted to relate a personal note and story. Last night I experience a moment that many dads experience at various days throughout the year. I went to work and had a productive day at work. That evening I sat down to eat dinner with my wife and kids. At dinner I decided to help our 5 month old baby by trying to get him to eat some food. We have just started the process of feeding him baby food and he has not really enjoyed the beginning of the process. I laughed with him, and talked to him and he ate a whole container of food....
and I thought, the baby really needed me today...
After dinner my 11 year old son brought me his trumphet that had a value that was sticking. The teacher told him that he thought the value was broke and would need to be replaced. I worked on the value for about an hour and got it work smoothly. I gave it back to my son and I could see the relief on his face - something that he thought he had broken had now been fixed.
and I thought, my son really needed me today....
About an hour later my 13 year old daughter was finishing a project for school. She wanted to save it on a zip drive but did not know how. I went in and showed her how to use the zip drive and gave her special paper to print her project on.
and I thought, my daughter really needed me today....
Now these are simple moments in the life of dad and moments that many of us experience in a variety of ways every day. I hope and pray that these moments remind us that our children really need us today!
Ken
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