Building on last weeks Answer-me-this from Catholic All Year we have the Father's Day Edition. Thanks for Kendra for hosting us in this fun link-up. Be sure to check out the other answers to her great questions.
He is dependable. If he says
he will be somewhere or do something he will.
He is wont get sick, or hurt, or forget, or change his mind, or flake
out. He will be there when you need him
to be there. I remember my grandmother
hugging him at my grandfather’s funeral. She was pretty wrecked and she just
leaned into him and turned to me. She
said “your dad is so dependable”. Even though that was 20 years ago the comment
she made really stuck with me.
What is the best thing about
my kid’s father?
His love is so transparent in his actions. He loves to be with the kids and I. Even when they (dare I say we)
are a challenge… he doesn’t seem to need alone time, or away time. He just
wants to be with us.
What’s the best advice your
dad ever gave you?
Keep the rifle butt tight
against our shoulder when you shoot… or maybe to get a big bucket handy when I
take apart the plumbing under the sink… or it could be his advice to always
make sure you bring all the tools to the project at the start of the project…or
to butter and toast both sides of a grilled cheese sandwich…I really could go
on forever here. My dad was/is full of practical
advice.
What’s something you have in
common with your dad?
Peanut butter and spies. I am a creamy peanut butter kind of girl and
I love a good spy novel just like my dad. I also would say we both like to keep busy. He always has a crazy number of different projects in motion and I too seem to have so much that I want to do!
What’s the manliest thing
you know how to do?
Unclog a sink? Change a
tire? Lay a hardwood floor? Do those count? Just don’t tell
anyone. I would rather not do those things!
Who is your favorite
fictional dad?
I don’t really have one I don’t
think. I am really good at data-dumping
fictional stuff. I read it or watch it and enjoy it, but then I don’t retain
the characters or even frequently the plot.
One of my favorite characters in all of fiction is Jean Val Jean from
Les Miserables. He is a foster-adoptive
father to I guess he would qualify.
Really my own dad is pretty much the stuff of legends so not even the fictional
world can compare.
Thanks for stopping by to
think with me!
