Father of the Year | slackermama . com

I’m sure that many mothers think their husband is the best father in the world. But I think that maybe in my case, it may be true. I know I don’t deserve him as a husband. But my son *does* deserve him as a father. And that there might be the highest compliment I could give him. I really couldn’t even want a better father for my children.

Sure, he loses temper sometimes. We all do. We’re all human. And it’s hard, when you’ve had a long day and are tired or have a lot on your mind. I definitnely couldn’t hold that against him becuase I so often lose my own temper and usually over little things. That’s just part of being a parent. No one said parents were perfect.

But he loves his son with his whole heart. I know that he would give anything; do anything for Harry. He puts his family above his career. And I know many men have a hard time doing just that. Our society tells us we need to achieve, we need to make money and be sucessful at what we do. But in order to fully accomplish that, often we must sacrifice things like time. And the time that gets taken is the time with your family. Kile is unwilling to sacrifice that. Because he knows that at the end of his life, he will not want more money or a more prosperous career, but more time with his family. He recognizes that now. He won’t work an 80 hour week. He gets his job done, does it well. But it’s just that… a job. You family… that’s your life.

When I went on my retreat Friday night, Kile didn’t even bat an eyelash at the prospect of having sole car of Harry for 24 hours. Albeit, Harry is a very easy child at any age, much less 6. And he is only one child. But a lot of women’s husbands were a lot less, let us say, gracious about it. And some of the women spent a good portion of the night worrying about how the children were doing, how their husbands were faring. What shape the house was in. I never worried about it. I knew Harry and Kile were just fine, in fact, probably having the time of their lives without me there to cramp their style. And you know what? They were. Isn’t that great?
Right now he’s taking a walk around the block with Harry and the dog. Probably making Harry’s day. Just the boys together. I thought about joining them, but a) I’m having a harder and harder time walking around latey (EVERYthing starts to hurt and the Braxton Hicks are awful) and b) they need time alone, just them.

I cannot wait to see Kile with this new baby. He’s been holding himself back and I completely understand why. I remember all too well that fateful morning. And I saw how devastated he was. And I know he already loves this child with all his heart, even if he doesn’t quite know it yet himself. I just can’t wait for this baby to be placed in his arms, to see the love dawn on his face. And I can’t wait to see him raise another one of our children and see that child adore him the way that Harry so obviously does. I’ve been waiting for this for almost 5 years now. I’ve only got a little over three weeks left to wait.

It will be so sweet.

So Happy Father’s Day to my husband.? I hope I was able to do it well by him today, though I normally would have done a lot more.? I just hope he knows how special he is and what a wonderful father I really do think he is.

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