Sunday Strip: You are here -
Three and a half more years of winning.
One can have empathy and still insist that our borders be respected.
True story. The above happened. It was real. Not made-up. We lived through this.
Ensuring that it never happens again - means that we can not forget and we can not let history erase the crimes that were committed in the name of public health.
Being a carpenter I liked the last one the best 😇, next the flying pig.
I’ll bet Trumps parents told him they were proud of him.
It’s incredibly difficult for me to write about fathers. I know so many people that have grown up without a father, or a father that was always at work, a father that was abusive, a father that was an alcoholic or worse. Everyday I see the results of what a father did to his own daughter, I’ll leave it at that.
I wanted to begin with my father. If you’ve read my posts in the past I’ve always praised my father, he was a great guy. A WW2 vet that worked until he retired even though he was 100% disabled from being shot through his back. He didn’t drink and was there for us kids, but my father grew up in the depression. In Boston at that time, there were no jobs so his father left when he was a small child to mine coal I believe in Virginia. From what I understand my father was mad that he had left and wasn’t around for him or his siblings. You can imagine when my father’s younger brother got sick and died at 7 years old, and believed it was from being underfed, the resentment my father must have carried with him. This obviously influenced him greatly.
Many guys are not very affectionate. Showing affection, they think is not manly or maybe they weren’t shown affection themselves so now they have a hard time with it. Showing affection to your kids may not be easy for some but it’s certainly manly to do this that isn’t easy. This was one deficiency my father had, he wasn’t one to show much affection.
Parents have the ability to impact their children like no one else can. Without the father’s approval and validation the child will feel a void. Every person needs the blessing from their father. Many adults struggle year after year with low self esteem, working all the time, trying to prove that they’re good enough, all because of their father’s lack of affirmation. Fathers have something to give their children, something that no one else can give. Others can tell them how great they are or how special they are but when a father tells them it holds a much greater weight.
As the father you have the God given authority to bless your child. Every time a father says I’m proud of you, I love you, your beautiful, God releases strength into your child. Value, confidence, security, those are more than just nice words it’s what the Bible calls The Blessing. You are helping you child to achieve their destiny. It’s easier to think you don’t need to do this but it’s something that needs to be done, the more the better. Don’t withhold your love your affection or your approval.
I believe this one negative cycle passed from my father’s father through my father to me. Don’t let that happen with your kids. Always remember a blessing isn’t a blessing until it’s spoken.
Life is short. It doesn’t matter how old your kids are. A phone call saying son have I told you how proud I am of you. It doesn’t matter their age, a child will always long for a father’s approval, it’s never too late.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wished my father was around to see some of my accomplishments. As a carpenter I’ve fixed up our families houses, I rebuilt our lake house, though we struggle at times I can’t tell you how many times I wished he was around to see it and say good job son, I’m proud of you.
Know fathers, if a young lady doesn’t get the approval from her father many times she will try to get that approval from other men. She will go from relationship to relationship not valuing who she is because she has not been valued by the most important man in her life. You are teaching your daughter how other men should treat her. You’re setting the tone for how she thinks other men should treat her. You should set the bar high. Make her standard high for the man she decides to choose.
When we are taught that they’re spraying our food with poison, injecting our bodies with harmful chemicals, or they’re trying to divide us, I think we should understand how much a parents actions have impacted our lives. This is why I share this on this Sunday with you. Knowledge is power and I hope this helps you it’s helped me, to understand. Whew that was hard, sorry so long I just finished this now!! Happy Sunday!! J.Goodrich
Cannot pick a fave...liked them all!!