A father is a person that is forced to endure
childbirth without an anesthetic
A father is a person that growls when he feels good and
laughs out loud when scared half to death.
A father never feels worthy of the worship in a child's
eyes.
He's never quite the hero his daughter thinks and never
quite the man his son believes him to be and this
worries him.
So he works too hard to try and smooth the rough places
in the road for those of his own who will follow him
A father is a person who gets angry when the first
school grades aren't as good as he thinks they should
be.
He scolds his son though he knows it's the teacher's
fault
Fathers are person that give daughters away to other
men who aren't nearly good enough so they can have
grandchildren who are smarter than anybody's
Fathers make bets with insurance companies about who'll
live the longest.
One day they lose and the bet's paid off to the part of
them they leave behind
I don't know where a father goes when he dies. But I've
an idea~~that after a good rest~~he won't just sit on a
cloud and wait for the girl he loved and the children
she bore. He'll be busy there too
repairing the
stairs
oiling the gates
improving the
streets
smoothing the way.
(Paul Harvey)
