I notice that among us conservatives, the fathers have many of the same characteristics. A lot of the comments others have posted could have been said about my dad, and I suspect the reverse is also true.
No wonder we are the way we are, and liberals are the way they are, God help them. Especially the fatherless ones, or the children of mom and a parade of boyfriends.
Read and learn, liberals.
Did not want to start something that looked like “I’ll give you that and raise you another one” but we all seem to have so much in common from our Father’s. Most of them who are nearly revered in these pages were WWII vets and by that also veterans of the Depression. These and most of their peers were outstanding to grow up with. I see the kids today that I work with floundering for role models.
Virgil... like your Dad, mine helped a lot of people and my Mom backed him up. He would pick up men on the highway in the winter for a good night’s sleep, a hot bath and a meal then take them to the bus station next morning and send them on their way. Dad lived on the road a lot during the Depression.
Oldmissileer... Dad taught us that a promise is a promise and you work your way through hard times and that we almost all have them.
Lorianne... Dad made his last garden on his hands and knees and delivered vegetables to shut-ins on his motorcycle carrying them in the side car.
Aliska... Dad was also a civil engineer with the Corps. We grew up building dams and stuff. The two men may have known each other. Dad was area engineer on the Upper Arkansas.
The lists of admirable similarities goes on. I said I thought every body grew up like we did and found that only a few have. Some of you are here. I wish that others could have known the great Dads some of us had. I know the world would be a better place for that.