Fathers

I love quotes and I loved my father.  In honor of Father’s Day I want to share a few with you. Thanks Dad, for all you did!

And, thanks to my wonderful husband, Bill, for being a great dad to our five children. Bill, you are so loved!

It is much easier to become a father than to be one.  ~Kent Nerburn, Letters to My Son: Reflections on Becoming a Man, 1994

Any man can be a father.  It takes someone special to be a dad.  ~Author Unknown

The greatest gift I ever had
Came from God; I call him Dad!
~Author Unknown

I love my father as the stars – he’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart.  ~Terri Guillemets

Two little girls, on their way home from Sunday school, were solemnly discussing the lesson.  “Do you believe there is a devil?” asked one.  “No,” said the other promptly.  “It’s like Santa Claus:  it’s your father.”  ~Ladies’ Home Journal, quoted in 2,715 One-Line Quotations for Speakers, Writers & Raconteurs by Edward F. Murphy

Dad, your guiding hand on my shoulder will remain with me forever.  ~Author Unknown

Old as she was, she still missed her daddy sometimes.  ~Gloria Naylor

Why are men reluctant to become fathers?  They aren’t through being children.  ~Cindy Garner

There are three stages of a man’s life:  He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn’t believe in Santa Clus, he is Santa Claus.  ~Author Unknown

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope.  ~Bill Cosby

When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around.  But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.  ~Author unknown, commonly attributed to Mark Twain but no evidence has yet been found for this (Thanks, Garson O’Toole!)

If you have never heard Black Stone Cherry (or even if you have) listen to the following song. These young men are from my hometown and they are an awesome group of musically talented guys!