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Lori Grosser Rhoden
Member Patricius
since 2009-10-10
Posts 10202
Fair to middlin' of nowhere

0 posted 2013-06-16 05:15 PM



Love me
love my daughter
You knew the deal going in

We thought we knew
what we were doing
Little did we know
what the future
would hold

Our for better
was a for worse
But you never
once wavered
from your place
as a father
you can't replace

Despite resistance
to all the love
you have to give
You have hung in there
with my now
teenage kid

You have sought detente
between embattled estrogens
Sympathizer to both sides
You shore up the Queen
and contain the screams

And the love you bring
day after day
that keeps this family
keeping on
is above and beyond
anything I ever expected

Happy Father's Day
my beloved husband
for being the best Dad
she's ever had

LGR(C)6/16/13

© Copyright 2013 Lori Grosser Rhoden - All Rights Reserved
JerryPat2
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since 2011-02-06
Posts 16975
South Louisiana
1 posted 2013-06-16 05:47 PM


Wonderful. Happy you are happy and your daughter too.

~*~ A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.--John Burroughs ~*~

[This message has been edited by JerryPat2 (06-16-2013 09:35 PM).]

MorningStar
Member
since 2009-10-26
Posts 290
Pittsburgh, Pa
2 posted 2013-06-16 06:04 PM


I loved this.  It's good to know it happens this way some of the time.
A

EmmaRose
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since 2011-03-02
Posts 1376
Midwest
3 posted 2013-06-22 11:20 PM


what a  heartwarming story, in a world  where children are disappointed by absentee parents all too often
OwlSA
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since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa
4 posted 2013-06-23 03:29 AM


A magnificent and honest tribute, Lori.  I echo the messages of Jerry, Aenea and EmmaRose too.  

Owl

Alison
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Member Rara Avis
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5 posted 2013-06-24 06:47 AM


This warms my heart.  Definitely a wonderful poem written to a wonderful man/father.

Alison

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