June 25, 2007
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Fathers and Sons
I keep a good supply of blank cards in the house. My husband eschews sentimental Hallmark cards; he prefers to write his own sentiments. And one of his fortés is note writing. I’ve started to photocopy some of them before they are sealed and given to the recipient. We celebrated Father’s Day yesterday; I secured Curt’s permission to share snippets of the cards he wrote to his father and to our son who is a father. You would never find these expressions of masculinity in Hallmark. He had a Boromir moment when he wrote his 70 year old father:
If I had to go to war, I would make you my captain.
If I had to survey the enemy, I’d make you the lead scout.
If we had to shed some blood, I’d give you first shot.
Whatever the challenge,
whatever the odds,
I would be optimistic with you
as either rear guard or leading the charge.
You have served me well already, fighting for me.
It would be my pleasure to fight next to you and for you.
Thank you for being a good soldier.
Continue to fight the good fight.
Your son always…To our son he was Polonious, with several brief exhortations. Stay the course. Pray often. Sweat hard. Live life heartily. These nuggets of fatherly wisdom were sandwiched between these words:From a father to his son who is now a father:
You are doing well.Run your race well,
and you can be assured Gavin will run his race well.
Go before him.
I will always be behind you, cheering.
Always, Your Dad[Addendum: We gave our son, the father of Gavin the Great, this book. The back cover says "Recapture Sunday afternoons and long summer days. The perfect book for every boy from eight to eighty." Check the video out at Amazon.]Speaking of Gavin, he was my helper Saturday while I continued my kitchen project. As I was organizing a drawer, here’s what he was doing:
Comments (6)
Such touching sentiments in the Father’s Day cards, that I had to cheer myself (to keep from crying) by wondering if Gavin *followed his dad into that tunnel*?
Blessings fm GA
Just another tidbit……..thanks to your tags, I was easily able to go back and read your posts on Trollope. Seems I missed those the first time around and although I’ve only read The Warden, I’m trying to decide whether to pick up another.
Dana in GA
You know, I don’t know what possessed Gavin to crawl into the drawer space! He found (and retrieved) a plastic lid and a potholder from the black chasm.
How sweet! Gavin looks too big to have gotten in the drawer space. ‘Bet he had fun!
Janie
Gavin in the drawer space reminds me of the old days with my girls! Gracie was such a tiny one, being a preemie, she went in a LOT of spaces you’d never think a kid would go in. Jordan (5 yrs. old) was in the dryer just a few weeks ago
What an active yougster! by the by, here’s a clue to my identity: I am the yougest son of sisofjannyree.