Today seems like a good day to ask “What makes a good father?”
My response to that question would be based on my experience of my late father:
- Honesty.
- Humor.
- Authenticity.
- Consideration for other people’s feelings.
- A commitment to doing the right thing.
- Acts of kindness.
- Social involvement.
- Joie de vivre.
- In the words of a friend of his soon after he passed, “I never heard your father say anything bad about anyone and I never heard anyone say anything bad about your father.”
Here are other responses to the question “What makes a good father?”
A good father is somehow just THERE, always, a reassuring presence — even when he’s not there anymore, because of the rules of mortality, and all you can do is hear his voice in your head. –– Joel Achenbach
So what makes a man a good father? A stew of love, humor, empathy, humility, and, perhaps most of all, time. — Dave Taylor
Do you see any good fathers in my photos for today?
What makes a good comment on this Father’s Day, USA? Anything you choose to share.
Thanks to all who helped me create today’s post and — of course! — to YOU.
Your father’s friend’s comment about him after his passing is the best compliment I can think of on this special day, Ann. Wow.
My thanks to you, Mark — a good father and a good friend.
A good father, like any good person, leads by setting an example, and your father was clearly someone who set a good example.
Thanks for setting a good example, Chris, always.
I may not be able to find the words that describe what makes a good father but what I do know is that I have a good father and my husband is a good father as well
Thank you for finding the good words, Joanne.
love that last photo Ann
Love that you love it, Lisa! <3
Your list could be describing my own father
I’m not surprised, Derrick.
🙂
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