Infant-me, sitting on the wood floor, looks up at my dad, who is sitting on a brown sofa and smiling down to me Here in the United States, it is Father's Day weekend. I did not realize until recently that Father's Day was not officially made a holiday until 1972. 1972! Now, while I realize that many people consider 1972 eons ago, I do not. I'm glad that fathers have a day of recognition now, because they surely deserve acknowledgement. I thought for this week's Ten Things of Thankful post, I would list ten lessons I'm thankful my dad taught me. My dad is a teacher. Not only did he impart his knowledge to countless junior high aged kids throughout his career, he taught--and still teaches--my siblings and me. He is not a preachy teacher; he's a humble man whose lessons I feel like I learned through osmosis. When he would get home from work, we'd all sit down as a family for supper. Often, our phone would ring, and on the other end of the line would be a paren
Living life with a thankful heart
Look how cute those little kids were!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is the first person in our family (on either side!) who can actually play a musical instrument. I love having the sound of the piano filling the house.
Way to go, Buttercup! That will be a blessing throughout her life.
DeleteModesty ardorns you, but to me, being a Mom and a Musical one at that is a great gift. I'm neither.
ReplyDeleteI hope this post did not make you melancholy--that was not my intent.
DeleteJust Mildly, but not because of your blog. Never hold back because of others!
DeleteYou are a wonderful mom!!
…(trying to see the car in the background to figure out the year of the first photo).
ReplyDeletenext to (the love of) reading, music is as truly essential to a full life
1998, if I'm not mistaken. If you were judging by our car, it would probably be 10 years earlier. :-)
DeleteJust love the family picture!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteHow true that "Mom" is a title, turned name.
ReplyDeleteIt's always rather funny when multiple women turn toward the cry, "MOM!"
DeleteWonderful, wonderful family pic! Everyone's looking at the camera and no one is picking their nose! Score! And love your grandma at the piano!
ReplyDeleteOr giving bunny ears to their sibling. . .
DeleteI remember you then. :)
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