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What are Fathers Made Of?
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What are Fathers Made Of?
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- A father is a thing that is forced to endure childbirth without an anesthetic.
- A father is a thing that growls when it feels good&md;and laughs very loud when it's scared half to death.
- A father never feels entirely worthy of the worship in a child's eyes. He's never quite the hero his daughter thinks, never quite the man his son believes him to be&md;and this worries him, sometimes. So he works too hard to try and smooth the rough places in the road for those of his own who will follow him.
- A father is a thing that gets very angry when the first school grades aren't as good as he thinks they should be. He scolds his son though he knows it's the teacher's fault.
- Fathers are what give daughters away to other men who aren't nearly good enough so they can have grandchildren who are smarter than anybody's.
- Fathers make bets with insurance companies about who'll live the longest. Though they know the odds, they keep right on betting. And one day they lose.
- A father is a thing that growls when it feels good&md;and laughs very loud when it's scared half to death.
I don't know where fathers go when they die. But I've an idea that after a good rest, wherever it is, he won't be happy unless there's work to do. He won't just sit on a cloud and wait for the girl he's loved and the children she bore. He'll be busy there, too, repairing the stairs, oiling the gates, improving the streets, smoothing the way.
- Paul Harvey
