RBHarter
West Central AR
Happy Father's day gentlemen !
Bear with me .
My grandfathers didn't live long enough to know if I was a good parent or not . One grand mother had in part a full dress GI pallbearer assy , I doubt she was impressed , proud but unimpressed .
My Dad not long before he passed said " Bill I wasn't much of a role model or a teacher . Somehow you managed to become the Dad I never could . You doted on the kids , taught them how to work , respect , manners that even impressed your Aunt Ginny . There's not a thing , I don't think , those kids wouldn't do for you . They've even grown up and they're doing well so far too . I don't know how you learned it or how you taught it ."
I replied "It was you . You were the only mentor I ever had ."
I never really thought much about it , I just did what I had to do to stay the course . It worked out . Sometimes I think back and maybe I was too hard , then I look with pride and I'm impressed with what I see in my kids . If my Dad was really such a poor example We need more bad examples like him .
That's me 2nd from the right and Dad to my left on our last , 1 of 4-5 , just us boys camp outs .
Bear with me .
My grandfathers didn't live long enough to know if I was a good parent or not . One grand mother had in part a full dress GI pallbearer assy , I doubt she was impressed , proud but unimpressed .
My Dad not long before he passed said " Bill I wasn't much of a role model or a teacher . Somehow you managed to become the Dad I never could . You doted on the kids , taught them how to work , respect , manners that even impressed your Aunt Ginny . There's not a thing , I don't think , those kids wouldn't do for you . They've even grown up and they're doing well so far too . I don't know how you learned it or how you taught it ."
I replied "It was you . You were the only mentor I ever had ."
I never really thought much about it , I just did what I had to do to stay the course . It worked out . Sometimes I think back and maybe I was too hard , then I look with pride and I'm impressed with what I see in my kids . If my Dad was really such a poor example We need more bad examples like him .
That's me 2nd from the right and Dad to my left on our last , 1 of 4-5 , just us boys camp outs .