Simply Beautiful Now: A picture is worth a thousand words

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Sunday, June 15, 2014

d is for dad

I love to watch my kids with their Dad. He has such amazing grace and ease with them, and their relationship is filled with love, laughter and giggles.

It goes without saying that my husband plays such a huge role in our children's lives, and I see a lot of his special qualities in our kids: leadership, intelligence, kindness and understanding.

One of his favourite Father's Day gift from the kids was a "secret" year-long project (we dubbed it "project D") that the kids concocted last year...something special that showed how they cherish him, not just on Father's Day, birthdays or other special occasions...but every day, every season, all year long.

When he opened the framed photo, he cherished knowing we were dedicated to complete our "project" for him, wherever we were together as a family. Whether we were on our family vacation on the beach...

...or after a day of skiing together...

...or just hanging out in our backyard...

...we cherished our time together. I think their Father's Day gift was worth a thousand words.

Happy Father's Day!

Friday, June 15, 2012

happy father's day

It's funny how sometimes certain "Hallmark holidays" can bring the craziness out of people. Rushing around to get gifts, cards and organizing to get together to celebrate a "holiday".

I'd like to think of Father's day as something more than celebrating the role of being a father. Everyone's definition of a father's role is different, although strangely enough, all the father's day cards have things like golf, sports, bbq's and sailboats (how many men sail?) that are supposed to represent what being a father is really like.

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For my husband, I'd like to see a card that takes us back to the feeling of when we first found out we were going to be parents. The anticipation. The unknown. The strangely existential feeling that we're never going to be alone anymore....whether the kids are in the house, or in our heart when they "fly the coup". The sheer joy.

The life altering moment when our children first arrived...part adrenlinen, part euphoria...that complete feeling of exhaustion, but at the same time, the feeling of not wanting to go to sleep. To capture every moment. To reassure that everything is and will be, alright. To hold on to our children tight, forever.

I know those sentiments are often found in Mother's Day cards...I know though, that a lot of Dad's feel the same way too. I've often used photographs instead of cards (or gift card holders as shown here), to evoke those emotions. So, to my husband, this is a kiss from one of our kids....