I Was Touched (Updated)

[Newsman]

   A rare seriouis post from me on the subject of parenting.

   I'm active on one other website, a forum for medievalists. Just a few minutes ago, I read a post from one of our members there.

   He's hard-core, no-nonsense, and tough as nails. I think he's a police officer in real life, whose seen a lot of big-city crime. He posted a few lines in a thread he started about how the medical folks are going to do a C-Section on his wife on a certain date, how then he will have a daughter, and his boy will have a sister.

   In his brief post, ne notes he needs to sell more armor, and get moved (into another house he's moving his family to) The last line of his post was only three words "baby needs things"

   I was touched how the approaching birth of a baby girl meant so much to him.


John

[MelodyB]

Thats cause you really do care for kids, John, even if you try to act like you dont.

[SippinTea]

   In his brief post, ne notes he needs to sell more armor, and get moved (into another house he's moving his family to) The last line of his post was only three words "baby needs things"

   I was touched how the approaching birth of a baby girl meant so much to him.

Aye. Baby girls have a way of turning even the toughest, gruffest men into little puddles of mush. *grin* And I love watching them.


One of our 'gentle giants' in our church has three daughters. His youngest (about 7 yrs old) recently fainted for no apparent reason. She'd been playing outside, was approaching the patio door calling "Daddy...", and just as he looked up she collapsed. He about came unglued. He called our house asking us to be praying, and if I hadn't been the one to take the call I don't think I would have believed his voice could shake that much. He absolutely adores his daughters, but especially his baby I think. He calls her his 'Fragile Princess' because she's not as strong as the rest of the girls.

*ramble ramble* 

Dads don't realize how important they are to their girls.

[iridiscente]

I was very glad that Ben rocked Ariel to sleep last night.

[Newsman]

That person I posted of already has the girl's name picked out, with well over a month still to go.

Another guy posted how he loved his son "dearly" but his daughter was "special"


John 
Grumpyest of the Grumpye!

[Newsman]

Friday, I was doing a live football coach's show at a local restaurant.. there were a couple sports-oriented folks and some bankers and a fan who wound up winning $200 in a giveaway being done.. one female I introduced as a beautiful young Lady we eventually got to do our giveaway drawing for us.

I also got her to say a couple of words on the air..she was quite the hit amongsrt all the guys there, and the guys were uncharacteristically cheery to her.

She was a cutiepie 4ish year old with a ribbon in her hair, the daughter of one of the bankers.

Oh, children..bah humbug. Hmmppphhhh!!!!!


John 

[The Purple Fuzzy]

Friday, I was doing a live football coach's show at a local restaurant.. there were a couple sports-oriented folks and some bankers and a fan who wound up winning $200 in a giveaway being done.. one female I introduced as a beautiful young Lady we eventually got to do our giveaway drawing for us.

I also got her to say a couple of words on the air..she was quite the hit amongsrt all the guys there, and the guys were uncharacteristically cheery to her.

She was a cutiepie 4ish year old with a ribbon in her hair, the daughter of one of the bankers.

Oh, children..bah humbug. Hmmppphhhh!!!!!


John 

Give up the bah humbug act John, we all know you're a softy when it comes to kids.

[Newsman]

 

Oh, another kid story..I taught the adult class Sunday, but before I did that I had to take the offering on one side, then as the brother who splits a lot of the financial stuff at the church with me was out due to a serious illness to his wife, I had to put the offering plates in the Sunday School office, while they are singing a chorus.

I get back in the sanctuary, grab my Bible with notes, and head around the side to go up front. While doing so, the child of a visiting family from Texas tried to give me a credit card.. the boy was probably 6 or so, and may have seen others giving stuff to me (for the offering).

It was cute..maybe we need to start accepting Visa and Mastercard

Oh, and children, bah humbug!


John 

[sunlight]

:grin: @ the visa

* sunlight touches Newsman...

[Brother Dad]

Oh, another kid story..I taught the adult class Sunday, but before I did that I had to take the offering on one side, then as the brother who splits a lot of the financial stuff at the church with me was out due to a serious illness to his wife, I had to put the offering plates in the Sunday School office, while they are singing a chorus.

I get back in the sanctuary, grab my Bible with notes, and head around the side to go up front. While doing so, the child of a visiting family from Texas tried to give me a credit card.. the boy was probably 6 or so, and may have seen others giving stuff to me (for the offering).

It was cute..maybe we need to start accepting Visa and Mastercard

Oh, and children, bah humbug!


John 

My sister went to a birthday party Saturday a Church where they had a machine for swiping credit cards in the foyer.

[Newsman]

  , Brother Dad.

Nothing wrong with it, just a bit out of the norm, at least for here.


John 

[Brother Dad]

Would be very convenient.

[MelodyB]

Dad...Look here... http://godplace.com/forum/index.php?topic=26019.0

BTW...thats in the Archive, so its READ ONLY...cant reply. LOL




And yes I edited this post.