Sunday, June 21, 2009

A Father's Day Point of View

This picture made me feel like a gatherer!! Allow me to explain. "Hey honey, have a seat in the rocking chair, on the porch, now gather 'round your old man kids....and let's take a picture." That was the scene running through my head anyway. Adam gave me a card that said, "How does a peaceful, relaxing, stress-free Father's Day sound?...(dog barking, phone ringing, tv on, stereo up all the way, plant tipped over)...stuff these(cotton balls) in your ears and find out." As a father I'm just happy that my kids have food to eat, clothes to wear, and a house to live in. Of course we ask for the occasional big ticket item, don't all dads do that? We have no cash in our wallets, we don't care what's for dinner just that we have one, and our clothes are worn out. We have no private space, except the bathroom if the door locks, and the food we try to hide for later always gets found and then eaten so when the moment comes when we want to indulge ourselves with our favorite potato chips, they're gone. Just an empty wrapper near our son's feet. But that's ok, we don't really care! We'll hunt for more food tomorrow, because we are the hunters, not the gatherers. We hunt for food Monday - Friday, and we really hope to hunt on Saturdays. When we're not hunting, we don't know what to do with ourselves, so we do nothing except watch sports, which is actually just watching other men...... hunt. Make us sit in a rocking chair for a picture and we think, are we done yet, can we go hunting now? So here's my question: Why in the world is Father's Day on a Sunday? It should be on a Saturday so we can actually be HUNTING!!

2 comments:

The Fox Family said...

Fathers Day is on a Sunday so that dads are more likely to stick around the ones that call them fathers. Adam couldn't have given you that card if you were out hunting. But I hear what you mean.. Chris's fathers day wish was to sleep in and after he woke up, to get to stay in bed and watch TV. Why not? It's his day anyway. :)

MaKey and Poppa said...

We love our son! You are the best & giving your all to be the best Father!!