This goes out to all the wonderful fathers of the world. I know that a lot of the time, the good fathers are hiding behind the shadows of the "deadbeat" dads everywhere, and do not get the praise and thanks that they deserve. Well, you need to hear that you are appreciated and that you are doing a good job! This is for all fathers, the ones who get the pleasure of being in their children's lives each and every day, and for the ones that wished they could be, but can't because of many different circumstances. And a prayer goes out to the ones that have to fight with their children's mother in order to see their children, because the mother has an issue with him (and it has no basis about him mistreating his children)… I pray that the mother will realize that she is only hurting her children for this.
Fathers Are Wonderful People
- Helen Steiner Rice
Fathers are wonderful people, too little understood,
And we do not sing their praises
As often as we should...
For, somehow, Father seems to be
The man who pays the bills,
While Mother binds up little hurts
And nurses all our ills...
And Father struggles daily
To live up to "his image"
As protector and provider
And "hero of the scrimmage"...
And perhaps that is the reason
We sometimes get the notion,
That Fathers are not subject
To the thing we call emotion,
But if you look inside Dad's heart,
Where no one else can see
You'll find he's sentimental
And as "soft" as he can be...
But he's so busy every day
In the grueling race of life,
He leaves the sentimental stuff
To his partner and his wife...
But Fathers are just wonderful
In a million different ways,
And they merit loving compliments
And accolades of praise,
For the only reason Dad aspires
To fortune and success
Is to make the family proud of him
And to bring them happiness...
And like Our Heavenly Father,
He's a guardian and a guide,
Someone that we can count on
To be always on our side.