BEING A DAD
This year, I’ve decided to get a bit more personal…I’m jotting down a few thoughts about what being a dad means to me.

One of the many considerations behind launching Last Wave in June of 2005 (at the age of 52) was the potential for a more flexible schedule. I could be home when Hailey got out of school, and I could attend the many activities in which my kid participated. From dance recitals to softball to Junior Guards, Hailey was always busy – and I was fortunate enough to be there for much of it.


I may have shared this short poem in a prior Father’s Day email, but I think it bears repeating.
I’ve kept it in a file for almost 20 years now…a file of sentimental stuff that I hope will help make my father-of-the-bride speech easier to prepare someday. It also sums up some of the feelings I have about the responsibility of fatherhood and the indescribable bond between a father and his child…it’s called “Footprints”:
I’ve kept it in a file for almost 20 years now…a file of sentimental stuff that I hope will help make my father-of-the-bride speech easier to prepare someday. It also sums up some of the feelings I have about the responsibility of fatherhood and the indescribable bond between a father and his child…it’s called “Footprints”:
“Walk a little slower daddy,” said a child so small.
”I’m following in your footsteps and I don’t want to fall.
Sometimes your steps are very fast,
Sometimes they’re hard to see;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For you are leading me.
Someday when I’m all grown up,
You’re what I want to be;
Then I will have a little child
Who’ll want to follow me.
And I would want to lead just right,
And know that I was true;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For I must follow you.”
”I’m following in your footsteps and I don’t want to fall.
Sometimes your steps are very fast,
Sometimes they’re hard to see;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For you are leading me.
Someday when I’m all grown up,
You’re what I want to be;
Then I will have a little child
Who’ll want to follow me.
And I would want to lead just right,
And know that I was true;
So walk a little slower, Daddy,
For I must follow you.”

I hope you will be enjoying this Sunday with your kids and/or grandkids! Savor the moments with them, as they are precious yet fleeting.
Until next time,
Ted