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A Father's Gift [1]

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Date: 2023-06-17  

Afraid of what I’ll have to give up

Never knowing the joy it could bring

My independence, my life…time

Hours before the beginning, queasy questioning the decision

What the hell am I doing

Then, I see him all gooey purple and helpless squirmy and

Beautiful

I can’t take my eyes off of him and his beautiful co-creator who provided the oven

Phone calls made as liquid streams and drenches a wrinkled golf shirt

Golf will wait for a while as there are now two lives

Before and after now and forever no greater gift

Holding, looking and now invincible

One day becomes a year with little hands clutching tight and eyes open to it all

The more invested, the more returned

Another one comes…different and yet the same and there is no empty on this old tank

My little men no bigger job

No greater reward

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!

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