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Dad was there.
June is here, with Father’s Day coming up, it’s time to honor the dads!
I am so thankful for my father, even though it seemed like he was gone at work most of the time. He probably had to with seven of us kids at home. Along with a little baseball, how to swim, how to use a hammer, I was taught to be honest, respectful of others, to work hard and to do my very best in every situation.
I worked at my father’s grocery store in grade school, where I probably learned the most from my father. By about the fourth or fifth grade I had learned everything there was to learn, (or so I thought)! I decided to go into business for myself.
My dad encouraged me in all my early business ventures; mowing grass and plowing snow in the cold Ohio winters. Little did I realize at the time, my dad had subsidized my businesses! I used the family rakes, shovels, lawn mower and tractor for my jobs. Looking back I think he paid for the gas too!
Just like God, our heavenly Father, he was there to love us, support us, encourage us, and giving us all the tools we need to succeed!
My dad was there, even when he wasn’t! I remember getting into trouble and my mother (who seemed to always be there when I got into trouble) would say: “wait till your father gets home”! With those six words he kept me in line even though he wasn’t home! Having a father around made all the difference in the world!
Today in America 43% of our children live in a home without their birth father! How it hurts me to think of families without their dads.
At Family First we are here to support our fathers. Through our Fatherhood program we encourage the dads to be the best they can be, to support and encourage the mother of their children and to love them. We are also here to support the moms without a father in the home. We help the single moms fill the role of both for their children, sometimes which can be hard.
Dads – be there for your kids, be there for the mother of your children! Whether you realize it or not; you are the biggest influence in your child’s life—there or not!
It’s been said, moms are the glue that holds families together, I believe dads are the wood! They are the building material all our children need to grow, to build into happy, healthy, and successful lives!
Let’s all take time this Father’s Day to honor the dads, all that they do and have done, and remember the ones who are not with us now!
God Bless,
/s/ Frank and Clare Grochocki
Family First Pregnancy Care Center
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