Who is your daddy, and what does he do?

Last Sunday was Father’s day. I didn’t get to spend this Father’s day with my dad. This might only be the third time in my 24 year life that I didn’t get to spend Father’s day with my dad. I have lived away from my parents for a year now so I’m somewhat use to be apart from my family for special occasions. I might be use to it, but I won’t ever like it. Back from my tangent of being away from Dad on Father’s day. I really want to talk about dads. I recently was recommended a book by a friend that is about growing up without a father. I don’t know what that is like, and I don’t want to know what is like. Whether it was losing your dad from a death or your dad never carried enough about you to be in your life. All I know is that I’m truly bless to have my dad in my life. My dad has taught me a lot of things and has helped me become the man I am today. He probably made mistakes here in there in dealing with my brother and I, and the good thing is he knows that, but through those mistakes my dad learned to be a loving caring father to my brother Jared and I. Getting the attention of my dad and to receive love from him was so very important to me. Every boy wants his dad to love him to be proud of him, and I am so blessed to have a dad the loves me so much and his proud of the man that I have become.
I have dreamed of becoming a father for such a long time. My dream is to be a loving dad that teaches his children to be respectful God loving people, because that is what my dad taught me, to love God and to respect people. Dads are such an important role in the life of a child and I’m glad that mine fulfilled his duties as a dad. As a youth minister I know I will have and do have students without dads, and I want to show and teach them that they have a heavenly father that loves and cares for them like no earthly dad can. It breaks my heart to see student with parents or dads that don’t care. I always want to fill that need to be that person to love and care for them, because I know the importance of having a loving caring dad.
So thanks Dad.
And I love you very much too Mom.

Weird & Wonderful

I got married 19 days ago, and it has been as I like to call it “weird and wonderful.” First let me start by explaining why it’s weird. Before My wife Cara and I got married we lived 6 hours apart from each other for our whole relationship besides the first 6 weeks. So the only time we would see each other is on the weekends for short visits. Now she lives in Whiting Iowa with me and it’s weird because she’s not leaving in two days. She is staying, and it’s a weird feeling and its wonderful all at the same time. I have been in a relationship for one way for so long and it’s completely different. I like it. Living with the person you love the most is amazing. It is a challenge at time. I wish I could say the first 19 days of my marriage have been easy. Actually it has just been the last 10 days where it has been a challenge to learn to live with someone. The first 9 days was our wedding, honeymoon and travel back to Whiting. I have had roommates before, but I didn’t care about them like I do my wife obviously. If they got mad at me I didn’t lose sleep over it, but if my wife gets mad I care and want to fix my wrong. When your wife is your roommate you can be a jerk and get away with it. And when your wife is your roommate you learn about the way she does things. It is interest to see how the way we were brought up affects the way we do things in our home and how it will take awhile to get use to the way we like things. I do one thing one way and she does it another and we have to figure out how we harmonize it. It’s fun, frustrating, exciting, and challenging all at the same time, and it’s great. I’ve been married for a little less than 3 weeks, and I recommend it to all people.