With and For

Today we celebrate two fun things – my birthday and our friend Rita’s wedding. Woke up this morning to breakfast in bed and a treasure hunt! It was a lot more challenging than I thought but it led to a great surprise gift of concert tickets. One of the best parts of the day however was a surprise gift my wife spent lots of time on – a hardback, bound book with advice from men I love and admire closely and from a distant who are also dad’s – including our own.

Here’s an excerpt of some of my favorites:

“… as the salmon instinctually makes waves up stream to find it’s place of conception so shall you find your inner parent which will spring forth like a tiger when called upon.” – Alex Dow

“Oh yes my son and daughter you will be willing to sacrifice for this new slice of your lives together…” - Ron Parks

excerpt of pic from the book. Parents to be with their dads

“If you want to travel with the baby, 4 months is much easier than 11 months!” – Seth Clarkson

“Know you don’t know what you are doing and that knowledge will free you from having to know what you’re doing.” – Eric Iverson

“Always take time to listen to your child” – Al Cecka

“Being a great father is like shaving. No matter how good you shaved today, you have to do it again tomorrow.” – Reed Markham

So those are a few of the quotes. Thanks to those great guys for their wisdom and willingness to share. Speaking of one of those dad’s we looked outside this morning to see Eric (the same Eric quoted above) who lives upstairs mowing the lawn. He wasn’t alone however… he’s an awesome dad. Here’s a fun picture of Isaiah jamming with dad and helping mow the lawn.