Happy fathers’ day
Many of you who read this will be fathers and you will be spending some or all of fathers’ day with your children. This is a day to celebrate your role, a role that all too often is not only overlooked and underestimated, but undermined and maligned.
This is a day for all of you to be thanked for all that you have done for your children, whether it was sacrificing precious time (that you would rather have spent with them) working to ensure that there was bread on the table, or spending a weekend building a doll’s house.
This day is for all fathers.
This day is to dispel the negative and terribly wrong stereotypes surrounding fathers.
This day is to remember that children need love and care from both their mothers and their fathers.
This day is to acknowledge the selfless love and sacrifice of our own fathers.
For some of you though, this will not be a happy day, for you will not have any contact with your children. All you will have is a cherished memory, a dog-eared photograph, or perhaps a three-year old card, handwritten in crayon with bad spelling, which is now stained with tears.
If you are a father and this day overwhelms you with sadness, remember that even though they cannot be with you, your children will still be thinking of you on this very special day.
If you are a father, have a happy fathers’ day. You deserve it.
If you are not a father, please pass this on to someone who is…. maybe your own father.
Happy fathers’ day.
Darryl Ward
Those of you with good memories might notice that this message is almost identical to what I posted in 2006 and 2007. This is because I saw little need to change it.
Wonderful positive sentiments. My church is planning a major celebration of fathers.
Thanks for that Darryl, an emotional piece. Is it ok for me to read this out at our Fathers Day Picnic in parliament grounds on Saturday?
I am happy for my comments to be spread far and wide Hans, just so long as I am in no way whatsoever associated with the republicans.
One more thing, Hans.
Even though I am not a republican, I hope it all goes well on Saturday.
Fathers are so important for a balanced and harmonious
society. The problems associated with fatherlessness are
only going to escalate if we don’t address at the coal face
the many working triggers that cause the family breakdown. Our generation has a
moral obligation to fix these problems for our children
and grand children.
Great piece of writing above
However-/-But
Now onto the real job before all Children become FatherLess.
Put Father-Less-Ness into Google and comment
NZLaw and NZSocial Policy is designed to extract DAD from the Family
MSD is directing the Courts, WINZ, CYF’s etc. to do so.
Get real DAD’s we are far beyond the time where sentimental writing will pacify the DAD’s and the Children that have lost each other.
As Colin-B suggested a few posts back
Time to hit the streets
Come put your Father energy into building a-fathers-coalition (Go Google)
a-fathers-coalition that values all DAD’s, listens to and honours one another, has NO icons, nor spokesman
All DADS can speak for themselves
All DADS are valuable
Go to McD’s and speak with and encourage any lone Dad with or without their Children on Fathers Day
Go to the park benches and under many bridges on FathersDay and encourage the many lone DADS that have been destroyed by the system
Just encourage, cause unity and give support – recognise that all are different and all are valuable
Onward – Jim
A day that never leaves us but hope rests eternal Fellow Fathers
All the best to one and all
Steve
Well Fellow travellers I sincerly hope some of you at least had a heartfelt day remmembering your lovely offspring if not being with them.
Mine are teenagers now and hormoans!–ops control their daily thoughts
Gotta love teens eh?
All the best amd look out for my expose of The MSD & WINZ just about to breaK in the news and by Publication of the events of the past 6 years–mindboggling–except to us lot–they will read this of but too late–its already in print
God Bless All
Steve
Good to hear from you Steve. I hope your health is now better.
Allan Harvey
YO! Steve – I look fwd to you exposing MSD & WINZ – These are the most destructive forces in NZ
Onward – Jim
Thanks guys-5 Emergencies into hospital last year was just about curtains–but my revamped Bucket List includes as item 3–The MSD-WINZ expose-and they cant do anything at all–funny the title was In Breach of Trust–but guess what im thinking now—mmmmmmmm? no prizes folks-Oh I retired to Nelson and bought a sort of Mobile Home–all invited as usual Cheers Steve
WOW Steve – Stay with us Bro the fun has just begun – I am now on my 7th Stent and they can’t do any more for the reflux – So its 2 pantoprazole a day and all the Mylanta I need – Usually 7/8 double strength a day plus the heart meds — Medical people have been amazing
Sadly its got bad with Javan as I have been forced to send him to live with his mother for a time as they still fully fund mother while she sunbaths week about and I get NOTHING from WINZ Go http://rationshed2.blogspot.com
You be a little ahead on the exposé so hit them hard mate we will follow soon
The stage is nearly set
They tried to make a fuss of me thumping a desk to highlight their 8 years of ABUSE to hide there ABUSE.
We have that well in hand as their own security film shows I was never any danger to anybody – They will not let us show the public though
Great to hear you have gone gypsy
Onward — Jim
Supporting, a fathers coalition and building the Ration Shed
Go http://ration-shed-4-tier-foodbank.blogspot.com
STORY TO INSPIRE…
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/10/rescue.at.sea/?iref=mpstoryview
“Treat others as you would wish to be treated.”
7th Stent WOW back Jim–ive only 3 so far and the old ticker is pumping youth again
Onwards Fellow Fathers