Lessons I learned from my Dad

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Father’s Day is this weekend, party people! So naturally I wanted to take this opportunity to wish my sweet dad, Mike, a Happy Father’s Day. He’s too hip to be square! And check out this picture, courtesy of my Auntie Cindy:

What a hoot! (My dad is on the right.) I can’t decide if I hear banjos playing when I look at this “old school” picture or Lynyrd Skynyrd’s, “Free Bird.” (Or “Goin’ Courtin'” from Seven Brides For Seven Brothers!) It’s a great photo. And you know what? My dad is a great dad! I have learned so much from
him over the years and fully respect his goodness, his selflessness, and his fun-loving, kind-hearted nature. Here’s a list of a few (of many) things I have learned from my dad:

1.) When “Friend Bear” from the Care Bears is accidentally dropped into the swift-moving irrigation ditch in 1985, a good daddy will show his love for his little girl by sprinting after it and retrieving it.

2.) “Daddy Daughter Dates” are a really big deal when you are five or twenty-five.

3.) Play NICE with your siblings or you’ll end up weeding the garden!4.) Boys who drive fast, claim to be musicians, and have their tongues pierced are usually TROUBLE. Good girls should steer clear of bad boys or be grounded for life.

5.) When you run out of gas while driving home from a party and become stranded along the roadside late at night, a good dad will come to your rescue with a gas can. (A good dad will always come to your rescue.)

6.) Love notes, hidden in books and under pillows, can prove to be an answer to prayers.

7.) Check the oil in your car often. Change it regularly. Otherwise, your car will explode.

8.) Good dads will forgive you when your car explodes.

9.) Many lovely emotions can be felt in a dad’s embrace–warmth, peace, security, acceptance, love.

10.) Something extraordinary happens when a grown woman hugs and kisses her beloved dad. Her little girl self–tucked away deep down inside–resurfaces. She reminds her woman self of all the “My Little Ponies” her dad brought her upon returning from out-of-town business trips. The little
girl reminds the woman of the hours spent at the kitchen table working on math problems and biology assignments; of quality time spent together, lessons learned, and conversations shared.

It doesn’t matter how old you are, when you hug and kiss your dad, you feel like his cherished little girl. Trials abate. The world ceases to be scary. All that matters is that he rescued your Care Bear.And you love him more for that.

~Mama Leisha

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Much Love and Peace~

Mama Leisha and Ruthie

Enjoy Mama Leisha’s writings today~ Lessons I learned from my Dad…

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