"FootPrints" posted 6/19/2009 8:20:08 AM | 5 kudos what's this?     report abuse

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The deeds of yester years will manifest them selves as Footprints of today and tomorrow....

This post is about My Hero!
28 years ago I met him at the hospital, as a matter of fact, I wrapped him up in a blanket, lifted him up towards the heavens and Thanked God for giving me a Son! I made some promises to God his Mother and to my Self! That I would always be a Man he could be proud of! I would be the Father and Dad I never had. To all the fathers out there who have remained at the side of the children regardless of circumstances know all to well the pride of a Father....

As the years roll by you teach this little boy all the things you know, never knowing if he really understands or is it sinking in to his little mind! You have to be careful of what you do, as he trys to be just like you! he mocks your ways, his little personality is forming and you are his Hero! No matter how much you struggle or how broke at times you are, he doesn't care! Because your Dad! thats all thats important to him! He wears your shoes, he trys to dress like you, and even combs his hair like you, and if you pat his Mothers rear, he thinks he's suppose to do that too Cuz after all your Dad...and dad is his example! Its an unspoken bond, they know very early on who's a man and who's a woman, and who they are like unto!

He patterens him self after you! He watches everything you do and how you do it! Dads dont even realize sometimes their sons are taking notes! He loves his Mother and thats his Bestest Girl...But Dad is the Man When you go to the store, he wants to go to the store, when you work on the car, he wants to be right there, you tell him to bring you a wrench and he brings a screw driver, to him a tool is a tool!

He doesnt care its all man stuff to him! He will ask you the same question 5-10 times in a row, not because he doesnt get it but because he's learning to Communicate, I hear some Dads tell their kids to shut up quit being Stupid! who's really being Stupid? he's learning, you should be teaching! Take time to teach them while their young or someone else will Parents who tell their kids to shut up all the time, are teaching them to tell each other to shut up, and may well tell you one day to shut up, after all their being just like you.

A Fathers Job....is to teach his Son how to be a Man! A good Man! Teach him how to respect himself, women and love his family! To protect and never hurt his Family, to always take time for his family, when you teach him to protect his sister and Mother your teaching him to protect Women! not hurt them! Teach him loyality to his family! teach him Honesty! Dont lie to him or your teaching him to lie to you! Look him in the eyes when your talking to him and you teach him to look in the eyes of you and those he comes in contact with! It becomes a huge part of his Charm! If you put down his Mother or Sister you teach him to do the same!

Teach him to love all Women and respect Womanhood! and as he grows you will see women melt, when he walks in the room! Grand Mothers, Mothers and Daughters will see your boy as both a gentlemen and a Man!

One of the best compliments a Father can get is when his friends say, your son is the guy every guy would like to be and every girl wants to be with! of course the danger is the girls......Thats right! My son at age 14 did what every parent hopes doesn't happen, he became a Father at age 15 Even though we talked about Abstinence, Protection and everything I could think of relating to the subject, many times, Now has a daughter who will be 13 in December!

So the normal Father Son teaching went from teaching him how to be a man, to teaching him how to be a Father and a Dad. He Manned up from the onset, got a job after school so he could help support his daughter, and at age 15 he went from a Boy to a Man.......instead of going to the mall to shop for videos and games he went to the mall to shop for diapers and baby girl cloths, how could my heart not be filled with pride? I felt bad he wasnt ever going to really be able to be a teenager as most. But to watch him run to his responsibilities and not from them, take full responsibility for his actions, and not complain, was a sense of pride that actually brought tears to my eyes. My boy is becoming a man right before my eyes.

At 28 he owns his own home that we built by our own hands, When he was 21 years old, he is married has a great job! beautiful wife and family, and now also has a son Wyatt, another daughter Brooklyn and another son that will be here in October. As I watch this young man and the Father he is....brings so much pride to my heart as I watch him and the relationship he has with his Son and Daughters.... He's everything and more I tried to be..

I'm in Awe.....sometimes I look at him and think he is more Man at 28 then I am at 52 We were talking the other day and I told him, Son I'm so proud of the Man you are and the Father you have become! When I grow up I wanna be just like you! You are My Hero! he told me this......Dad I use to say the same thing everytime I looked at you! I am the Man today because of the Man you were yesterday to me! If I'm your Hero today its because you were mine yesterday! It was your shoes and Footprints I wanted to fill......

Raising kids takes all (4) Angels.. Inspiration, Perspiration, Desperation and Motivation, not necessarily in that order..

Although I'm kinda bragging on my Boy! I really hope that Fathers or fathers to be, will realize the impact they really have on their Sons and Daughters, and will consider, we only have them for a short time, before they become their own person, and how important it really is, to step up to the plate and be a Man a Father and a Dad.....the relationship down the road will be your reward! It truly is the greatest "FootPrints" you can leave behind! Big Ups to all you Daddys, and those who will be Daddy's one day.......

Popo

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