Hey Friends!
So I asked a bunch of you what question you would want to ask your father, or something you appreciated about your pops. Ironically many of the responses came from people whose fathers had passed away.
I realized that sometimes it’s not until we have lost someone that we start to reflect on the things we really felt or wanted to say.
Some of us have great dads, while others of us have gaping wounds.
So then, what does it mean to give a “gift” to our fathers? Does it symbolize something deeper than just another obligatory, consumeristic holiday?
Tune in for a few minutes as my dad and I discuss, and then let us know your thoughts!
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Oh, and here are a few responses from y’all about your fathers:
From my heart,
Joy
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Oh Laurabeth – my heart hurts for your loss but I am so thankful for you sharing and honoring your dad. It’s hard when the broken marriages and parental relationships are what stick out in my mind this most so it’s always encouraging to hear about husbands, fathers and men who loved well and sacrificially. Sounds like your time with your father is sweet and he left a legacy of parenting that you will pass on in many different ways.
my father passed away in 2010 but I try to do something special for my husband for Father’s Day. Last year I did breakfast in bed served by our daughters and church. This year I began a little early and made it a nice homemade dinner. he’s decided to go vegetarian so I made him a nice big pot of a vegetarian skillet. Sunday the girls will probably do breakfast in bed followed by church then father’s day brunch with his dad and family.
Your husband is lucky to married to such a thoughtful woman!!! Well done Alicia.
LauraBeth Carlson thinks...
Joy,
Thank you so much for this. Thank you for your insight on so many things. I was hesitant to open this video because part of me just didn’t care what you or anyone else had to say about Father’s Day. No, no. I’m not bitter at all. I just assume that these things don’t apply to me. =)
My sweet Daddy passed away three years ago. I love him more than anything in this world and he was an absolutely incredible dad to my sister and brother and I. He loved us in ways that I now know were not only sacrificial, but as you said, “rare”.
As I look on yet another Father’s Day without him I am more grateful for the man that he was than I am sad that he’s no longer here.
I am truly grateful that he taught me how to have healthy relationships. I’m grateful that he modeled a healthy marriage. He was a worship pastor my whole life and then the last five years of his he was a family/marriage counselor. He modeled how to love people well. How to give of yourself and how to guard yourself.
I am eternally grateful for that.
Just wanted to share this and just say “Thank You”. I love seeing you and your Dad interact and can tell that y’all truly do love each other. It resembles much of the conversations my Dad and I had every night. So, thank you for that.
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