“FATHERHOOD”

CAN YOU TELL THAT I LOVE THEM?
PROMISE I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THEM SO,

ALWAYS COMPARING THEIR FEATURES TO MINE,
FROM THEIR HANDS, FEET, NOSE, TO THEIR LITTLE TOES,

DROPPING TO MY KNEES THANKING GOD FOR OUR HEALTHY KIDS,
PRAYING EVEN HARDER NOW THAT IN FEAR, OR TREPIDATION THEY WILL NEVER HAVE TO EVER LIVE,

 FATHERHOOD COMES NATURALLY IT DOES NOT COME WITH A BOOK,
SHOULDN’T HAVE TO BE A CHANGE IN YOUR LIFE NOR YOUR VIEWS OF WHICH YOU OUTLOOK,

KIDS ARE AN ENHANCEMENT AND A BLESSING – ONE OF GODS GREATEST GIFTS,
CERTAINLY SOME OF US AS FATHERS NEED WORDS OF GUIDANCE AND ENCOURAGEMENT,

WE ALL CANNOT DO IT ALONE BY OURSELVES,
BE THANKFUL FOR TIME THAT YOU HAVE TO YOURSELF AND THANKFUL TO WHOMEVER YOU GO TO FOR YOUR HELP,

FATHERS DON’T BE SELFISH ALWAYS PLACE YOUR KIDS FIRST,
SHOW THEM THE WAYS OF THIS LAND AND HOW LIFE CAN BE A GIFT AND A CURSE,

SHOW THEM THE LITTLE CASKETS ALL THE WAY TO THE HEARSE,
LIFE WILL TAKE YOU FAST AS EVIL ALWAYS LURKS,

I WILL SHELTER YOU FROM ALL EVIL AND FROM AS MUCH OF THE RAIN,
I AM NOT GOD, BUT I WILL TEACH YOU THE LESSONS HE AND MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME SO THAT YOUR SOUL IS BLESSED THE SAME,

GIVE YOU THE PATHS AS YOU WILL HAVE MANY TO CHOOSE FROM IN LIFE,
YOU WILL HAVE MANY DECISIONS TO MAKE AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALWAYS SELECT WHAT IS RIGHT,

WE AS A VILLAGE WILL RAISE YOU, LOVE YOU, AND ALLOW YOU TO EXPLORE AS IT’S NECESSARY,
WE WILL WATCH CAREFULLY, AT TIMES INTENSELY, FROM YOUR PRESCHOOL YEARS TO THOSE BEYOND ELEMENTARY, 

THE IMPORTANCE AND STABILITY THAT A FATHER CAN GIVE, 
IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BLESSINGS WE GIVE TO OUR KIDS,

THE STRENGTH OF DADDY IN YOUR LIFE,
WILL ULTIMATELY HELP MOLD YOU INTO WHO YOU MARRY AS  YOUR HUSBAND OR WIFE,

THE WAY A FATHER HANDLES STRUGGLE AND ALWAYS PROVIDES,
I HOPE YOU ALL ARE ABLE TO TAKE WITH YOU AND DO BETTER WITH IN YOUR LIVES,

TOGETHERNESS AND LOYALTY NEVER COMPROMISED,
THE PROTECTION YOU NEED TO ALWAYS SURVIVE,

THE PROMISE I MADE WHEN I HELD YOU IN MY ARMS FOR THE FIRST TIME,
IS THE PROMISE I WILL KEEP TILL THE DAY THAT I DIE,

EVERY SO HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE,
THE LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, AND DADDY YOU ALL MADE ME BE,

SO BROTHERS WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH OR WHEN THEY ARE ALL GOOD,
PLEASE ALWAYS EMBRACE AS I HAVE –

FATHERHOOD.  

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