I have had many men in my life try to be a father to me. Most of fallen short. I thank God everyday for John, my step-dad. He has stepped to the plate and not only been a father to his own daughter Emily, but a father to me and my sister.
I was flipping through the internet today and read an article from President Obama, on his reflections of being a father. He talks about his childhood and the feeling it left him with, not having that father their.
In one part of the article he says:
"That is why we need fathers to step up, to realize that their job does not end at conception; that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child but the courage to raise one" (Obama, 2009)
This is so true. So many men give up after the birth. The most courages thing in life is being the father...
It is a great article to read. It can be found at: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/31437363/ns/fathers_day_guide//
Happy Father's Day to all of the men who have stepped up to the plate within their own families!
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