He doesn't think so....in fact he believes the exact opposite, but Chris is such a great Daddy! Is he perfect? No.... Mistakes? Of course...but Chris is a GREAT Daddy! He's had to struggle to figure that out due to his lack of a father growing up, but I think it's made him what he is and what he is so determined to be for them....everything he wanted and didn't get... It's made him turn to the ULTIMATE Father. The TRUE Father. The FAITHFUL Father for guidance and THAT is what makes him soo good! These boys adore him! They can't get enough of him! They love to wrestle and giggle with him, but at the same time they have a healthy fear of him and know when he means business! Isn't that how we should be with our Heavenly Father? To know Him intimately enough to laugh and enjoy Him as well as to have that reverence for Him. Sometimes we get so down on ourselves that we fail to recognize what God is all ready working out in us.
We both agree that we have NO CLUE what we're doing....everyday is a new experience with these children. Just the other day Chris was saying "I remember those days of us dating in high school and then I look up and see these 3 children and us and I'm just amazed. Don't you ever think about that?" I do, but I also told him "when I think about that...even into our first several years of marriage, I see 2 completely different people." That's when I see how much God has changed the course of both of our hearts. I've seen a huge transformation in Chris and transformations only occur in those whom God has such great plans for!!
I'm so glad for Jack, Thatcher, and Margaret. They've been blessed with an earthly father who is involved and whose love for them will point them to the One whose Love for them surpasses all.
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Thank you for the tribute to my son. I remember before you two got married, while I was readying the Pennsylvania house to go on the market, I was painting my bathroom. Chris came to 'just check in' because he rarely talked to me about anything that was going on in your lives. I asked him how everything was going, and he told me "I've decided that we better not have children." I laughed and said something like '....and deprive me of grandchildren?'
He said "I don't know how to be a dad. I don't have an example to follow. I don't think I'd do a good job."
In my humble but accurate opinion ( :-) ) I said, "Son...look at your heavenly Father and be like Him. And....your mother didn't do that bad of a job of being a daddy either."
I believe Chris followed the former part of my advice....and thank you for encouraging him to strive for that goal.
also....I LOVE the mowing photo...Have always loved their backs!
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