tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post4934294799101779670..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: Another Man's ShoesSippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-45974510884233442432006-11-17T11:17:00.000-05:002006-11-17T11:17:00.000-05:00I think we're all poor sons (or daughters), in the...I think we're all poor sons (or daughters), in the same way we are all sinners.<br /><br />I have a dear friend who is the mother of 3 young children. She is very grateful that they are not little obsequious suck-ups, with no interests of their own. She also hates that they don't always listen to her and that they regularly display their independent spirit. Aware of the contradiction, she is on the whole glad that the independent spirit wins out, however difficult it makes her life from time to time.<br /><br />Your father would feel he had failed with you if you did not have your own interests, your own work and family to get back to. But of course you know that already.<br /><br /><i>And <a href="http://www.lyricsdepot.com/harry-chapin/cats-in-the-cradle.html">the cat's in the cradle</a> and the silver spoon<br />Little boy blue and the man on the moon<br />When you comin' home son?<br />I don't know when, but we'll get together then son<br />You know we'll have a good time then</i>PatHMVhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15542719040606654134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-54497506561647848922006-11-17T01:30:00.000-05:002006-11-17T01:30:00.000-05:00It was into your hand that he put his hand when he...It was into <i>your</i> hand that he put his hand when he needed help, not another's.<br /><br />It is with <i>you</i> that he shares coffee and a donut, and speaks "of everything and nothing," not a stranger. <br /><br />As he said, <i>you</i> are the one who is a comfort to him, not someone else.<br /><br />Listen to your father: you <i>are</i> a good son.Randyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03071928294799081845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-24584727291171285542006-11-16T15:19:00.000-05:002006-11-16T15:19:00.000-05:00Good thing I have my water-resistant mascara on to...Good thing I have my water-resistant mascara on today. <br /><br />We get two shots at parenthood: once as the child; once as the parent. <br /><br />I second the good pastor. You are a good son. And you're raising good sons.Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-41954221310337553782006-11-16T12:22:00.000-05:002006-11-16T12:22:00.000-05:00We never really know our fathers, I think.
It's ...We never really know our fathers, I think. <br /><br />It's right for us in one sense to feel that we can never do enough. How can you ever do enough for the man who gave you life?<br /><br />You know yours better, and do more for him, and give him more honor and love than do the vast majority.<br /><br />And more than being cared for, what most dads want is to see their sons turn out well.<br /><br />You are a good son.P_Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16130988618277500381noreply@blogger.com