Father Stuff
I am going to be a father.
So I am trying to be like a sponge soaking up all that “father stuff”. What ever it is…if it’s “father stuff”, I love it. You got something to share? Is it “father stuff”?...then I love it.
Today, Mike shared some fatherly advice with me. The details are too personal to include here, but I was so appreciative that he felt comfortable enough to talk about such intimate things with me. I think the theme from all of the advice that I’ve been receiving is that “there’s not one way to be a good father.”
Ummmmmm…. “Father stuff”.
In Detroit I met this father of one. He brought his son to the NFL Experience because they both love football. The father however made a comment that startled me. He said, “I really wanted a girl.” The statement itself was not a big deal, but the fact that his son was there and he said it over and over and over again made the situation a little uncomfortable for me and my father. So much so that Bob had to say, “But you’re happy to have a son, right?” The man talked extensively about how he just knew he was having a girl and how he planned for a girl. How he knew how to raise a girl, but didn’t have clue on how to raise a boy. He talked about feeling useless for the first few years because his son would only ask for “mommy, mommy, mommy”.
But now, since his son is older, they have a bond…football. Yes, football. And they talked about football. College football. Pro football. Youth football. The son even corrected his father on a pro draft pick. Football. In fact, when the boy became a little tired and warm standing in line for tickets, the father told him to treat it “like August on the football field” and to “suck it up”.
More fatherly advice. And I love that father stuff.
So I am trying to be like a sponge soaking up all that “father stuff”. What ever it is…if it’s “father stuff”, I love it. You got something to share? Is it “father stuff”?...then I love it.
Today, Mike shared some fatherly advice with me. The details are too personal to include here, but I was so appreciative that he felt comfortable enough to talk about such intimate things with me. I think the theme from all of the advice that I’ve been receiving is that “there’s not one way to be a good father.”
Ummmmmm…. “Father stuff”.
In Detroit I met this father of one. He brought his son to the NFL Experience because they both love football. The father however made a comment that startled me. He said, “I really wanted a girl.” The statement itself was not a big deal, but the fact that his son was there and he said it over and over and over again made the situation a little uncomfortable for me and my father. So much so that Bob had to say, “But you’re happy to have a son, right?” The man talked extensively about how he just knew he was having a girl and how he planned for a girl. How he knew how to raise a girl, but didn’t have clue on how to raise a boy. He talked about feeling useless for the first few years because his son would only ask for “mommy, mommy, mommy”.
But now, since his son is older, they have a bond…football. Yes, football. And they talked about football. College football. Pro football. Youth football. The son even corrected his father on a pro draft pick. Football. In fact, when the boy became a little tired and warm standing in line for tickets, the father told him to treat it “like August on the football field” and to “suck it up”.
More fatherly advice. And I love that father stuff.
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