Jun

14

Happy Father’s Day




My husband is the strong silent type. Seriously. The boys and I see his goofy side occasionally, but typically he’s pretty reserved. I balance that out well, with my extra helping of goofy. But reserved or not, he’s hands down the best father I know.

When I was growing up my dad was either traveling for work, or working 12 hour days so I rarely saw him. When I did see him, he was always fighting exhaustion, with not much left for his 2 rambunctious kids. And that’s ok, he was still a good dad.  Just a different kind of dad.

My husband is actively involved in our boys’ day to day, minute by minute lives. He has been front and center since the day our first child was born. He never met a dirty diaper he couldn’t handle, and when I was exhausted with a 1 week old that wouldn’t sleep, he took over even though he had to be up for work.  With both of our boys, he would take the 5:30am feeding, so I could get a little sleep.

He’s been a hands on dad through all of it, preschool, t-ball, cub scouts, everything. And the greatest part is, he absolutely loves every minute of it. I’ll admit, I get tired of all the running around, places to be every weekend. When I start to complain, he reminds me that it won’t always be this way, soon they’ll be driving and won’t want us around. We have to enjoy this while we have it. He’s right, of course.

He’s the cub scout leader for our youngest son, has been for several years. That’s fine, but when he also agreed to be assistant coach for the baseball team, I questioned his sanity. How many obligations does he really need?! His response:

But I love it.

And I love him for that. For loving all of it, the good, the bad, and the crazy.

 

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