According to a random Google search for Father’s Day quotes, Pope John XXIII said, “It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.” While I cannot truly vouch for the validity of this quote, I will agree to the content. Biologically speaking, the male half of the species has a much easier (and shorter) role in the continuation of the species. Unfortunately, this makes it all the easier for the men of today to treat a woman like a rotisserie oven.
http://robotteaparties.blogspot.com/2011/05/set-my-hair-forget-it.html
Many thanks to the Robot Tea Party blog for the entertaining piece on this very point, plus the perfect picture.
Anyways, men have it really easy in terms of just walking away. If so inclined, there wouldn’t necessarily be many long-reaching consequences for their actions, unlike the poor woman and her very physical connection to the resultant little bundle of consequences. The point that (presumably) Pope John XXIII was trying to make was that a lot may be said about a man’s character by how long he’s willing to stick around. Not all men are willing to deal with the sacrifice that being a father requires. It takes a very special person to truly be a “Dad”.
I am blessed enough to proudly say I have such a special person in my life.
My relationship with him isn’t perfect. We get mad at each other. We drive each other nuts. We don’t see eye-to-eye on certain topics. But I know he’d take a bullet for me, and I know that there’s no way I’d let him do so.
He’s there for me when I really need him, by his choice. I’m proud to call him my Dad, and I’m proud that my father has earned that title.
Love you, Dad.