WHAT IS A FATHER?
A father is a person that is forced to
endure childbirth without an anesthetic.
A father is a person that growls when
he feels good and laughs out loud when
scared half to death.
A father never feels worthy of the worship
in a child's eyes. He's never quite the
hero his daughter thinks and never quite
the man his son believes him to be and
this worries him.
So he works too hard to try and smooth the
rough places in the road for those of his
own who will follow him.
A father is a person who gets angry when the
first school grades aren't as good as he
thinks they should be. He scolds his son
though he knows it's the teacher's fault.
Fathers are person that give daughters away
to other men who aren't nearly good enough so
they can have grandchildren who are smarter
than anybody elses.
Fathers make bets with insurance companies
about who'll live the longest. One day they
lose and the bet's paid off to the part of
them they leave behind.
I don't know where a father goes when he
dies...but I've an idea~~that after a good
rest~~he won't just sit on a cloud and wait
for the girl he loved and the children she
bore. He'll be busy there too...
Repairing the stairs
Oiling the gates
Improving the streets
Smoothing the way.
(Paul Harvey)
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