Re: something went horribly wrong
I LOVED this. Every new dad should read this.
JUST LIKE HIS DAD
“Well, what are you going to be, my boy,
When you have reached manhood’s years
A doctor, a lawyer, or actor great,
Moving throngs to laughter and tears?”
But he shook his head as he gave reply,
In a serious way that he had
“I don’t think I’d care to be any of them,
I just want to be like my dad.”
He wants to be like his dad! You men,
Did you ever think, as you pause,
That the boy who watches your every move,
Is building a set of laws?
He’s moulding a life you’re the model for,
And whether it’s good or bad
Depends on the kind of example set
To the boy who’d be like his dad.
Would you have him go everywhere you go?
Have him do everything like you?
And see everything that your eyes behold,
And worship the God that you do?
When you see the worship that shines in those eyes
Of your lovable little lad,
Would you rest content if he gets his wish,
And grows up to be like his dad?
It’s a job that none but yourself can fill,
It’s a charge you must answer for
It’s a duty to show him the road to tread,
Ere he reaches his manhood’s door.
It’s a debt you owe for the greatest joy
On this old earth to be had,
This pleasure of having a boy to raise,
Who wants to be like his dad.