I wrote this on my Facebook page for my children and friends to see. I think it is important for others to see this also.
"Another Father’s Day,
Again I wish to say that it is wonderful to be appreciated
by one’s own children. But it is also a day that (should) remind a father of
the importance of being one. It is a tremendous undertaking and one with a huge
amount of responsibility. A father should always be a person their children can
look up to. A person that sons and daughters both can look up to and admire. A person
of integrity that can be trusted to be the person he says he is. A person of
honesty that is truthful in his dealings with his family. When a girl becomes a
woman she will be blessed if she was raised by a father who treated her mother
with love, honor, and respect so that she has learned to expect that same
treatment from the person she has chosen as her life’s companion. A son needs
to see the demonstration of love, honor, and respect given by his father to his
mother so that he will learn to treat his life’s companion in the same manner.
Both children need to see their father treat all women with respect so that
they will both expect and demand that
when they are grown.
Children want to love and respect their parents. It causes
almost irreparable harm if their parents loose that love and respect. This is
why being a father is that tremendous undertaking, it is incumbent upon all
fathers to be worthy of their children.
My children are an indescribable blessing to me and have
brought me more joy than I have words for. I can only hope that I am worthy of
mine.
Today I have received several messages of love from my
children and I want all of you to know that I love you beyond measure."
Fathers, if you cannot see this, if you do not understand the importance of treating women and children with respect then you need to re-examine yourselves and think of what kind of damage you do to your children and the women in your lives.
