Father's Day.

Long before we had children of our own. Years before we were even married, I watched Josh interact with children.  I watched his interactions with his younger siblings.  I watched him with kids at church and with the children of friends.  After we married it was his interactions with my little cousins that caught my eye. It was through these observations that I knew he would make the best father.  I loved how he played with them and loved them and how naturally these interactions came to him.  I'm sure these observations are in part what made me fall in love with him.  Because I wanted nothing more than to have a family, I knew I needed a guy who felt the same way.  Yes, we talked about these things, but because of his actions,  I had no doubt that he meant it when he said he too wanted a family more than anything else in the world.

It's now been nearly 17 years since my initial observations.  Much has happened in that time.  But nothing has been greater or brought me more joy than to raise children with Josh.  Fathering comes naturally to him.  It is clearly something he was made to do and  I never tire of watching him in action.  The way he naturally cradles a newborn.  The way he gets down on the floor and plays.  The time he willingly gives. The work ethic he instills.  The way he teaches and leads. I am so happy and feel so blessed to share the great role of parenting with him.  And my children are the luckiest children in the world to have him for their dad.

Father's Day 2010