Yesterday was Father’s Day and I hope every dad felt as special as I did. My lovely bride declared the weekend mine so Saturday we took a family day and went to a flea market and then to a motorcycle shop where I was treated to new riding boots and a cool sun shade that fits on my clear visor to I can still see at night but have glare blocked when riding into the sun. I was thinking how blessed I am to have a wife who supports my need for adventure. It reminds me of the line in the movie As good as it gets “You make me want to be a better man.” You can get a glimpse of her amazing talent at her BLOG Joy Dance http://www.robbieiobst.blogspot.com/ today in my lunch she left a note thanking me for taking the ride… “I am proud of the way you take care of yourself and the do the things that restore you.” I am a blessed man – It is good to be the dad.
We then went to church for what I expected to be the annual public beating of men. Not sure why it is that Mother’s day is the time for churches to praise women and Father’s day is the time to beat up men but that is the way it seems to be. We moved to this church last fall so this was our first Father’s day. The message was great. In fact when the post the MP3 the website I will be sending it out. I am a blessed man – It is good to be the dad.
Sunday morning I was surprised with another gift, a cabala’s sleeping pad for the trip. I am not a camper by nature and I was a bit worried about nine nights sleeping on the ground and this will help. After breakfast I loaded up and took off for a ride to who knows where. Along the way took some roads I have never seen and stopped at Echo Lake where I saw that the road up Mt. Evens was open. Mt Evens is one of the Colorado Fourteeners http://www.14ers.com/ which are mountains reaching at least 14,000 feet above sea level. Mt Evens is special in that is boasts the highest paved road in the Unites States 14,270 feet making it possible to drive to the summit. So I paid my 3.00 and off I went. The view was spectacular especially above the tree line. It is like another world. I wish I could say the bike and I had no problem with the lack of Oxygen but that would be only part true. The bike was fine… I was sucking wind like I just ran a marathon but it was well worth it. I couldn’t resist stopping at the store at the bottom of the road, if you can call 10,000 feet the bottom of anything to but a patch and t-shirt. I am a blessed man – It is good to be the dad.
To sum up…
· Blessed Man
· Good to be the Dad
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At the risk of making other's vomit, let me sum up too, John.
1) Blessed Woman
2) Good to be the wife/mom
I have to edit myself. I meant others, with no apostrophe. :0)
Very interesting thought, and sad but true. I had to look but I shared more about God the father and his unconditional love. Hopefully I'll keep this in mind next year. I'd be interested in hearing the MP3. Thanks for reminder.
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