June 19, 2022
My Father
Timothy Birdnow
Happy fathers day to all my friends!
There are few things more important than fathers.
My first memory was of my dad. The oldest thing I can remember was being in my cradle and my dad giving me a choice of which pacifier I wanted. I remember his smiling face and pleasure and my happiness when I got the one I pointed at. I don't remember it well; it is a vague, vague thing. But it was dad and no one else who looms large over my first memories.
And it was dad who I knew protected me when I was a boy.
I suffered with the unfortunate misnamed Night Terrors when I was little. Horrible! For those who do not know Night Terrors are not bad dreams (they are far worse) but rather are visions that afflict you just as you are dozing off. Visions of horrible things. I used to get them fairly regularly and feared going to bed. On a number of occasions dad showed up when I was screaming, and put my fears to rest.
One time I jumped out of bed, broke the window in the french doors of my bedroom, and jumped on him, pummeling the poor man, who held me tightly until I fully awoke.
Dad was the guy I could always count on when I was in some sort of trouble. If my car broke down or I had some other trouble I always knew he was on his way.
He put food on my plate, a roof over my head, clothes on my back, an education (a very good one), and never a complaint from him. He worked every weekend moonlighting as a security guard to see to it we had enough. We never did without.
He taught me so many things. He taught me to drive, to shave, how to play sports. My love of the country comes from our trips to his grandmothers out in the sticks. I loved those visits more than I can say. While he wasn't a fisherman or hunter, he liked to go out into the woods sometimes.
He was rarely angry with me or my brothers, and while there was sometimes threats of "wait until your father gets home" he rarely punished with any heat. He did spank us on occasion, but it was a pure ritual, not designed to hurt but to make us realize the consequences of our actions.
I owe him for that; he never caused us to lose heart, even while making sure we understood right and wrong. So many people hate their fathers because they were too strict, or have no respect for them because they were too lenient.
Dad was so important to my moral and spiritual development. He was a non-practicing Methodist but he converted to Catholicism. I suspect it was to provide us with a good example. My mother was devout and it helped; he wanted to please her. But I suspect it was as much about us kids as anything. As a Methodist he never attended church; he never missed as a Catholic.
And now he's getting up there in years and I am beginning to repay him for all the things he did so cheerfully for me.I am so very grateful to have had him as my father. I hope he lives a lot longer. I will surely miss him when he's gone.
A Godly father is a true blessing, and his role is so very important to a child.
That's why this one parent family business is so heartbreaking; children grow up without fathers because we not live in a society that is matriarchal in nature and does not value fathers. The feminists have everyone believing men are superfluous, mere sperm donors. But it is not true. I would be just half a man had I not had my dad to teach me. So many things about relating to others (particularly to women) came from him.
I love you pop! Thank you for everything! I am who I am in no small part because of you!
Happy fathers day to all my friends!
There are few things more important than fathers.
My first memory was of my dad. The oldest thing I can remember was being in my cradle and my dad giving me a choice of which pacifier I wanted. I remember his smiling face and pleasure and my happiness when I got the one I pointed at. I don't remember it well; it is a vague, vague thing. But it was dad and no one else who looms large over my first memories.
And it was dad who I knew protected me when I was a boy.
I suffered with the unfortunate misnamed Night Terrors when I was little. Horrible! For those who do not know Night Terrors are not bad dreams (they are far worse) but rather are visions that afflict you just as you are dozing off. Visions of horrible things. I used to get them fairly regularly and feared going to bed. On a number of occasions dad showed up when I was screaming, and put my fears to rest.
One time I jumped out of bed, broke the window in the french doors of my bedroom, and jumped on him, pummeling the poor man, who held me tightly until I fully awoke.
Dad was the guy I could always count on when I was in some sort of trouble. If my car broke down or I had some other trouble I always knew he was on his way.
He put food on my plate, a roof over my head, clothes on my back, an education (a very good one), and never a complaint from him. He worked every weekend moonlighting as a security guard to see to it we had enough. We never did without.
He taught me so many things. He taught me to drive, to shave, how to play sports. My love of the country comes from our trips to his grandmothers out in the sticks. I loved those visits more than I can say. While he wasn't a fisherman or hunter, he liked to go out into the woods sometimes.
He was rarely angry with me or my brothers, and while there was sometimes threats of "wait until your father gets home" he rarely punished with any heat. He did spank us on occasion, but it was a pure ritual, not designed to hurt but to make us realize the consequences of our actions.
I owe him for that; he never caused us to lose heart, even while making sure we understood right and wrong. So many people hate their fathers because they were too strict, or have no respect for them because they were too lenient.
Dad was so important to my moral and spiritual development. He was a non-practicing Methodist but he converted to Catholicism. I suspect it was to provide us with a good example. My mother was devout and it helped; he wanted to please her. But I suspect it was as much about us kids as anything. As a Methodist he never attended church; he never missed as a Catholic.
And now he's getting up there in years and I am beginning to repay him for all the things he did so cheerfully for me.I am so very grateful to have had him as my father. I hope he lives a lot longer. I will surely miss him when he's gone.
A Godly father is a true blessing, and his role is so very important to a child.
That's why this one parent family business is so heartbreaking; children grow up without fathers because we not live in a society that is matriarchal in nature and does not value fathers. The feminists have everyone believing men are superfluous, mere sperm donors. But it is not true. I would be just half a man had I not had my dad to teach me. So many things about relating to others (particularly to women) came from him.
I love you pop! Thank you for everything! I am who I am in no small part because of you!
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Posted by: kledo5 at June 20, 2022 02:58 AM (OoGVX)
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Very touching, Tim. And spot-on about needing fathers and not having them these days.
I'm like you in that I wouldn't be half the man I am without my father. Trouble is, we have a country full of half-men now.
I'm like you in that I wouldn't be half the man I am without my father. Trouble is, we have a country full of half-men now.
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at June 20, 2022 12:31 PM (pdDZ2)
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That describes modern men to a T. Half men. It's not their fault; they grew up without a decent male role model. If they had a father in their life it was often a part time one, or a guy who tolerated their girlfriends' kids. It wasn't a guy who took his role as a sacred trust - as did my dad and no doubt yours as well, as did you. Just knowing your father is always going to be there for you is a great comfort, no question. So many now don't have that. They feel lost at sea (which is how the Left wants it as government becomes their father.)
There was a theory that said the reason Germany followed Hitler was that he was a substitute father to the young. Having lost their own dads in WWI the German youth were rudderless and seeking a male role model. Hitler was the age their fathers would have been had they lived. So they grabbed ahold of Hitler as a drowning man grabs a buoy.
Male and female are flip sides of a coin, both necessary. The feminist culture told women they didn't need a man, told women to act like men, then told their sons to act like women. Is it any surprise we now have the "transgendered" stupidity? Boys told to be girls all their lives are apt to be obediant and become girls. And without strong fathers to show them how to be boys they are sheep before the wolves.
So very sad.
There was a theory that said the reason Germany followed Hitler was that he was a substitute father to the young. Having lost their own dads in WWI the German youth were rudderless and seeking a male role model. Hitler was the age their fathers would have been had they lived. So they grabbed ahold of Hitler as a drowning man grabs a buoy.
Male and female are flip sides of a coin, both necessary. The feminist culture told women they didn't need a man, told women to act like men, then told their sons to act like women. Is it any surprise we now have the "transgendered" stupidity? Boys told to be girls all their lives are apt to be obediant and become girls. And without strong fathers to show them how to be boys they are sheep before the wolves.
So very sad.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at June 21, 2022 07:39 AM (YrUo/)
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You may well be right about Hitler. Do we have any parallel in England and France, who also lost a huge number of soldiers?
Posted by: Dana Mathewson at June 21, 2022 10:36 AM (pdDZ2)
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None that I can think of Dana. Perhaps the Antebellum South? And they did indeed develop a certain amount of pathology as a result (the KKK, for example.)
Of course, the Southern women had plenty of Northern Men to marry - and a lot of immigrants too. The immigrants tended to replace the decimated old line Southerners.
Of course, the Southern women had plenty of Northern Men to marry - and a lot of immigrants too. The immigrants tended to replace the decimated old line Southerners.
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I love you pop! Thank you for everything! I am who I am in no small part because of you!
Posted by: mywatchesuk at August 01, 2023 08:58 PM (3pfeY)
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And it was dad who I knew protected me when I was a boy.
Posted by: mywatchesuk at August 01, 2023 09:05 PM (SUYyh)
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