GRATITUDE: Gratitude #3

Gratitude #3--I love the way he fathers our children.
Since the day they were born, my dear Ian has taken an equal interest in nurturing and protecting them; playing with/and mentoring them. Because of my husband's vocation, he was never able to take a lot of time on weekends or holidays to fish, bike, play, swim go to movies etc. like other dads; but he made the most of every opportunity with our children as he took them on work events and taught them every moment he was with them; moving a small flock of lambs and ewes in the spring with his four-year olds, conversing with them as they grew up on sheep moves, teaching them how to run machinery, productively and safely, taking them to business conferences, trips to Kamloops; taking them out for lunch on a one-on-one. Today, more than one of our children say that those lunches were the best time they ever spent with their Dad. Even when I was tired and one of our teenagers wanted to talk late into the evening, I might pass out but their father always took the time to listen and chat with them.
I am so thankful the way he still fathers our children.