Sunday, March 3, 2013

My Pledge To My Children




I won't... demand perfection.
I will... demand your best effort.

I won't... excuse your misbehavior.
I will... defend and advocate for you until my last breath.

I won't... abandon or ignore you in rough times.
I will... give you room to succeed or fail on your own.

I won't... fight every battle for you.
I will... always have your back.

I won't... tell you how to live.
I will... offer advice and guidance.

I won't... hold a grudge when you ignore my advice.
I will... be there to comfort you when you learn a tough lesson.

I won't... always agree with your choices.
I will... honor the choices you make.

I won't... always have the right answers.
I will... help you find your way.  

I won't... ever stop loving you.
I will... try to not smother you with my love.

Daddy Loves You!

5 comments:

  1. Wonderful. Would you consider letting us post it at the Autism Blogs Directory?

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  2. Thanks! http://autismblogsdirectory.blogspot.com/2013/03/guest-post-bacon-and-juice-boxes-our.html

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  3. I only came across your blog recently, but wanted to let you know it's been a pleasure reading about your journey. I just recently started writing about my own and created a post that was inspired by this one. I didn't want to outrightly steal your idea, but was so impressed and moved by your post that I wanted to create something like that for myself as well. I hope that's okay. I gave you some love on the page and hopefully you can get around reading it some day. Fantastic stuff, man! Keep it up.

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