The kids started asking on Friday if it was Fathers day, and if they could give me the presents they had made in school. In contrast to Mothers Day - the celebrating of Dad’s is the same day in France as it is in North America.
The kids couldn’t even wait until after breakfast - not to mention any thought of waiting until we got home from church - to give me what they had made. I was instructed to sit on the couch - and open presents. The whole thing is quite touching. Yes -they made things that they were given time and instructions to make in school - but the excitement, the anticipation that they show - they so desperately want to show me what they’ve made.
They also all insisted on making breakfast.
I was reminded the other day of how as a Christian perhaps the most fundamental thing I have to do as a Dad, is to be a bearer of the fatherly love that God has for all his children. It’s scary and encouraging at the same time - but it also helps me to understand how natural an outpouring of love - like what my kids show me, really should be for all of us.
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