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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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