Thankfully I've met a few good fathers along the way, not having the good fortune to experience a good father of my own.
I've observed men in the world who try to get it right with their own children. and really, that is all any of us can do. make the effort. diligently. establish your own code. live by it.
So to those dads I know that want(ed) to be the best dad they can be ... thanks, recognition, appreciation, kudos. you give the fatherless hope. and you give those fathers-in-waiting a model to aspire to.
Dads I admire for giving it their best:
Floyd Carter
Uncle Alan
Uncle Steve
PJ
Grampa Art
John
Aaron & Luke
Paul W.
Johnny S.
Kelly
David W.
enjoy the commercially crafted beauty of your day, and remember we dig you the other 364 just as much.
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- Non Je Ne Regrette Rien
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- I'm a somewhat contrary woman who, in March of 2008, decided to leave corporate life behind and pursue a dream. The resulting misadventures are documented here, as I reinvent my life in France. On a side note, I write as I speak ... lots of run-on sentences, misapplied ellipses and unexpectedly plentiful parenthetical pauses. This is unlikely to change.
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- corporate life and the French revolution.
- whew.
- a bunch of characters.
- prévision de ces bloggers de femmes.
- 3 week send-off. or the bloggesses take Portland.
- my french connection. part deux.
- whatever.
- its the little things.
- no power tools involved.
- better than nike.
- getting ready to put up my dukes. my French dukes.
- in search of my inner happy.
- father's day.
- 4 weeks. yep yep.
- a hunk a hunk of burning love. yeah.
- courage. adventure. endurance.
- shameless promotional skullduggery.
- poetic pause.
- day 33 helpful tips.
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une poésie écrite pour moi.
Air Born.
Is on a bridge above the clouds, is air born
Is Marie Marvingt in a biplane, humming Gnome spitting oil
Shuddering wires, the church spires
Bleriot looking up, his felt hat black
An ant, a speck of coal
They take your bags and scan them
You hire a car, this was the dream and now
You've simply gone too far to be lost in self doubt
There is only the impending, compelling, spinning propelling how
The distance leaves a wispy trail, the turning of the wheel
the Fata Morgana highway, cloudward on the Millau
And therefore you must go on, therefore you must
Embrace every moment, not like hired help checking coats
Not like the mud-locked fisherman staring though unknowing,
Envy-filled at a parade of powered boats,
But eyes full of sky.
-Jonathon Grimes
Is on a bridge above the clouds, is air born
Is Marie Marvingt in a biplane, humming Gnome spitting oil
Shuddering wires, the church spires
Bleriot looking up, his felt hat black
An ant, a speck of coal
They take your bags and scan them
You hire a car, this was the dream and now
You've simply gone too far to be lost in self doubt
There is only the impending, compelling, spinning propelling how
The distance leaves a wispy trail, the turning of the wheel
the Fata Morgana highway, cloudward on the Millau
And therefore you must go on, therefore you must
Embrace every moment, not like hired help checking coats
Not like the mud-locked fisherman staring though unknowing,
Envy-filled at a parade of powered boats,
But eyes full of sky.
-Jonathon Grimes
rencontrez mes héroïnes et héros
- Miller and Linda Fuller, founders of Habitat for Humanity and The Fuller Center for Housing
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a dream of equality for all
- Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Visionary for a Poverty-Free World
- Kiva, Loans that Change Lives
- Wangari Maathai, Kenyan Nobel Laureate.
- Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian Photojournalist
4 comments:
Still, without a good father of your own, you have the courage to pursue your dream to live in France. I say that somewhere, you got the encouragement from someone. It is most exciting!
You'll still blog won't you?
Nice father's day piece. I just don't have it in me to wrack my brain to name a few. I have hopes for some, but.....
U.S. ~ are you kidding? that's where the real fun begins! something tells me I'm just getting started ...
my fathers list is short. guess I run in the wrong circles.
List. Mine would be shorter.
1. He-weasel to Inkey
2. Paul
3. Gordon
4. Joe
You got me beat.
p.s. Can't wait to see you. I leave for Portland on Wednesday. :-)
xo
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