For All the Devoted Dads

Saw this today and thought...."this would make an awesome Father's Day post!"  And I just might post it again in June because I love it so much and it made me cry.  But that's also the reason why I felt I had to share it today and not wait.  So, read on below and remember to be grateful for all those daddies in our lives who wrestle and tustle with our babes, and work so hard to provide them with a warm home and food on the table.

Only A Dad

Only a dad with a tired face,

Coming

home from the daily race,

Bringing little of gold or fame

To show how well

he has played the game;

But glad in his heart that his own rejoice

To see

him come and to hear his voice.

Only a dad with a brood of four,

One

of ten million men or more

Plodding along in the daily strife,

Bearing the

whips and the scorns of life,

With never a whimper of pain or hate,

For

the sake of those who at home await.

Only a dad, neither rich nor

proud,

Merely one of the surging crowd,

Toiling, striving from day to

day,

Facing whatever may come his way,

Silent whenever the harsh

condemn,

And bearing it all for the love of them.

Only a dad but he

gives his all,

To smooth the way for his children small,

Doing with

courage stern and grim

The deeds that his father did for him.

This is the

line that for him I pen:

Only a dad, but the best of men.

From the book "A Heap o' Livin'" ©1916