tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542153512214952651.post7829263377242703715..comments2024-02-26T07:18:25.926-05:00Comments on modern garden: five months : a giftGretahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13678221019546045834noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542153512214952651.post-50330223360088932842011-12-23T00:34:05.760-05:002011-12-23T00:34:05.760-05:00Have a safe trip and a Merry Christmas!!Have a safe trip and a Merry Christmas!!.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00227925128508137750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542153512214952651.post-52079113161574515012011-12-21T11:50:00.309-05:002011-12-21T11:50:00.309-05:00My dear son- Merry Christmas! Your mom is right, ...My dear son- Merry Christmas! Your mom is right, we waited for you with anticipation, but we couldn’t possibly have anticipated the depth with which we will love you. Your cries for help are met with care.. and I don’t even mind missing part of the basketball game to feed or comfort you (a sacrifice I’m sure you will better appreciate some day). It is reward in itself to see the life (what life!) in your eyes. It is reward in itself to hold my face close to yours, watching with a smile as your tiny hands grab my chin, pinch my nose, or pull my lip. Your smile is a blessing I’m surprised I deserve, but appreciative I can experience. It is reward that you are you.<br /><br />Because you are you, I promise to guide and encourage you; to push you to be your best; to sometimes push even further; to let you succeed on your own; to let you fail on your own, but fail as a good man who gave his best effort; to advise you but not control you; to hug you every day; to hug you more when you are hurt or scared; to teach you how to pick yourself up and push on through difficult trial; to demonstrate what it means to be appreciative and humble; to believe in you and expect you to believe in yourself; to be an example of how to treat women and how to love and respect your mother; to teach you to ask for help when you really need it; to help you when you really need it; to be disappointed when you let me down; to quickly forgive you; to love you through anything. Son, you will make mistakes and you will sin against those you hold most dear. I will love you anyway. If I do anything at all, I will teach you that God sent His only Son to this world to die on a cross for you; that if you believe in Him, He will forgive you of your sins and welcome you, one day, into His Kingdom. Merry Christmas.<br /><br />Your loving father.Paul Fordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00068492966500888447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7542153512214952651.post-79881874164269214692011-12-20T22:29:58.027-05:002011-12-20T22:29:58.027-05:00Ohhhh.....what a very sweet post!!!! Welcome back...Ohhhh.....what a very sweet post!!!! Welcome back to MN!!!! :) Have a great time. And maybe we'll get a Christmas Miracle - SNOW!juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17292980062366393173noreply@blogger.com