what has your father taught you?

Question

in your lifetime?
what legacy has he left?
my father had big hands and a bigger heart - I will never forget him :)
blessings everyone :)

dear spitchus: I'm so sorry dear- I truly hope you find it in your heart to forgive him.

Dear Moiraes Fate: I'm sorry dear- I pray that you find peace.

dear ((zilla)):
my dad passed away this morning.


Grannyof5: I love your list... that sounds just like my dad too.



dear Bonsai: thank you for your support :)

Everyone: your tributes to your fathers are amazing. Such love is deep and abiding.
For those of you who are stuggling, I know there are deep hurts, but there is always always a seed of forgiveness. Please plant it.

blessings to everyone and thank you so much! :)))

Answer 1

Oh I don't know if I could write everything that my daddy taught me..so here goes.

First. Give God the glory in everything in your life. Even the bad stuff. Honor God in all you do.

To honor your mom, and not forget that she is my wife.( I had a temper tantrum once with my mom. The only time my dad was truly angry with me, when I disrespected his wife.

Never give up on your children. My father was given away as a child, then had the choice at 15 to be sold into farm labor, or go to WW2. He went to war.

Always uphold what is right and just and true. Speak your mind. Know your battles and choose them well. Have honor in all you do. Be the bigger person and say I am sorry, even if you "know" your the one that is right.

Talk... don't let things build up. Take the bull by the horns. Say, lets work this out for everyone's benefit.

Work. We don't get things handed to us. Be a good employee. Give your best work, and let them know your character.

Be knowledgeable about the world. My dad had an 8th grade education, but read 4 papers a day. Watched the news.

Be civic minded. My dad was a veteran of 2 wars. Mayor, city council president. An E.M.T. trainer , policeman, and fireman. As well as a minister throughout his life.

Care about children, they are a gift from God. Dad ran a bus route, and took 150 children to sunday school every week. Many times he would buy them shoes and wash their faces so they could go.

Respect. Have respect and be respected.

Live a moral clean life. No easy outs. My dad caught me with an illegal substance once, and said, I will stand beside you as your in court. I will not get you out of trouble, of your own foolhardiness. If I can go to war, and not do drugs, you can go to the 8th grade without them.

I could go on and on...I loved my dad so much.I miss him even more. I was still grieving for him, after 20 years, and this is what the Lord told me.
"You are not thinking with a kingdom mindset. Your eternal now, just as your father is eternal. Even though it has been 20 years since you have seen your dad, he is still on day one here with me. Standing in victory. God is so good.

you asked about the legacy that my father left behind.

I was so angry at one point in my life about some things that had happened in church to my father, when he found out that he had cancer, and couldn't fufill all they expected of him....I never knew about the ripples that a life can make.
I had a friend find me on the internet and tell me, that she and her whole family had been saved because of the example she saw in my home. That a Godly man and woman could have a house filled with love and peace. 3 generations of her family were saved because of the seeds of love that my father and mother planted in obedience.

God is so awesome to let me know that my parents didn't struggle in vain, but stand in victory!

sorry this was so long, but he was such a blessing to me.

Answer 2

My dad died when I was 11 but what I remember of him was all positive. He was deeply Catholic and although he would whip us with his belt when we needed it, he was also very loving and hugged us all alot. I remember things we did more than specific life lessons he taught us. He taught me firearms safety and I started hunting with the rest of the males in the family when I was 8.

He would always cook burgers on Sat. noon and that was the one day a week we got soda pop. We'd watch either Charlie Chan, The Bowery Boys, Tarzan ( Johnny Weismiller) and Abbott and Costello. Church every Sunday and big Sunday dinner.

I think mostly he taught be me my relgious roots although, I am certainly a disappointment at times. Mom never re-married. He died at age 43 in 1964, July 28th. Been gone a long time and I still miss him.

Course if he had been alive and saw the heartache I caused my mom later, he would have killed me, and I would have had it coming. Somewhere along the line I grew up. Hope I get to see him again some day and asked him how I did.

Answer 3

My Dad taught us many things he was a guy that rode the rails from rodeo to rodeo bull riding and then he met my mom and settled down and had 10 kids. He taught us that you were never too big to be small. He also always used to say "But on the other hand....there were warts"

Oh Ramjet---my heart goes out to you and I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my Dad last year and I was with him and all I could do was cry and say over and over again as it was happening "Thank you Jesus for my Dad"

It is really like the loss of an entire era for you isn't it? God Bless you and I will pray for you and your family.

Answer 4

I have neither the time nor the space to list everything my father taught me while growing up, but I'll take a stab at a few things for you.

My dad loved nature, and taught me a great deal about how to live in harmony with it. To this day I refuse to leave a scrap of trash at any campsite I visit--and I've cleaned up after others on more than one occasion. Without dad's influence, I might not care so much.

My dad also showed me stability. If he said he was going to do something, he did it without complaint. If he was to meet you someplace, count on him being there five minutes early. He treats my mother with the uttmost of respect even though there are times when he doesn't agree with her: In fact, I've never seen them argue. Debate? Sure. But never a single insult or attack on character from either of them.

He worked his butt off so that my mother could stay home and raise us children--but no matter how tired he was when he came home, he always seemed to have time for us. We weren't a burden; we were a reason.

Even though I've broken away from the Christian faith, my father has never voiced anything other than respect toward me for making my own decisions.

Now that my wife and I are expecting our first child, I can only hope to be one tenth of the father that my dad was to me. I'm very very lucky to have been raised in such a stable home--and dad was no small part of that. I'm happy and grateful that he's still alive to see me starting my own family.

Thanks for the opportunity to share something so close to me, and to be able to hear others' experiences with their own dads. It may not be a religious topic, but it shows some of the ways we're not all that different from one another.

I'm very sorry to learn of your loss. I wish only good memories and kind thoughts for you. You knew a good man, and that's an honor in itself.

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Answer 6

I am so sorry about your father but I can see that you have already begun to work through your grieving by your memories. This is such a beautiful way to share with us and especially when you are so vulnerable. Thank you so much as I know you have touched many hearts. My father taught me to reach higher and not to settle for less than best. I will always treasure that. Blessings to you.

Answer 7

My father was a man of strong convictions. He taught us that you are never too old for a pillow fight or to throw a snowball. We tell stories about him to the great-grandchildren that were not born when he was with us. He left his children with a strong conviction against prejudice or racism. He taught us only boring people get bored. He taught integrity about money and that you are only as good as your word. He was a seeker of the truth, and found the Lord many years before I was a believer, which I could not appreciate then and now it brings me such joy.
I am so sorry for your loss.

Answer 8

My father passed away this last December.
I will just share the words that he inscribed on a nice wood plaque for me,during a rough period in my life about 14 years ago.

"Do what is right. Tell the truth.Help your neighbor.Learn as much as you can. Follow your dreams. When hardship comes,have courage and trust in God. If you fail,try again.Above all never ever give up..

he always included my Mother and signed it "Mom and Dad"

He was a fantastic guy..though I am an adopted child,I never was made to feel as anything other than,the biological son of two very loving parents.

Answer 9

Ramjet, I'm so sorry about your father. I'll continue to pray for you and your family for strenght in this hard time. I AM glad that you have fond memories of him. MY father was, how shall I put this... well, he was NOT a nice person at all. I won't go into details, but I AM glad that he's long gone from this World. He was ONE person that this World did NOT need to have walking around. I'll just leave it at that.

Brightest Blessings my Friend,
Raji the Green Witch

Answer 10

In that my father is a worthless *******,
- they type of which I would have no problem snatching the very life from...
I feel that the best thing he gave me was in his being a prime example of what a man should NOT be...

Given this,
- I can honestly say that I live every day trying to promote the antithesis of his ideals,...
... so I guess I at least owe him some credit for taking the time to be a perfect anti-role model...:-))

Does that count?
Maybe not...
But I'm trying to forgive him, ramjet...
------ I'm trying real hard...

EDIT:
Please accept my condolences on the loss of your father.
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