COLUMN
THE LESSONS
I LEARNED
FROM DADDY
RUN MUCH
DEEPER THAN
HOW TO FISH.
dads, run much deeper than how
to fish. They were lessons about
being honest, how to work hard
and the importance of being
responsible for your actions.
At their core, they were lessons
about how to be a man.
For Father’s Day, we used to
steal a pack of my dad’s cigarettes
from the carton he had in the
kitchen cabinet and wrap them up
for him to open as his present. He
would act surprised and delighted
when he opened his pack of
Kool’s. It was a true Hallmark/
Phillip Morris moment.
Daddy no longer smokes, and
I haven’t stolen and wrapped a
pack of his cigarettes for Father’s
Day in decades. But if I were to
steal something from him today
to wrap and offer him as gift, I
think I would steal a photo of my
children that he has in his home.
As he opened the familiar gift
it would be a reminder that the
most important lessons he ever
taught me were how to be a good
dad to my own children, a true
Mayberry moment
I really like The Andy Griffith
Show, but whatever good
parenting I picked up over
the years has little to do with
watching Sheriff Griffith. The
most important lessons I learned
–like how to whistle, how to cuss
and how to be a kind man – were
learned from Daddy. Happy
Father’s Day, Daddy, and to all the
other great fathers I know outside
of Mayberry.
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