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In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at the face of my 23-year-old son, Daniel, his backpack by his side."When the good Lord was creating fathers, He started with a tall frame. We were saying good-bye.And a female angel nearby said, ""What kind of father is that. In a few hours he would be flying to France. If you're going to make children so close to the ground, why have you put fathers up so high. He would be staying there for at least a year to learn another language and experience life in a different country. He won't be able to shoot marbles without kneeling, tuck a child in bed without bending, or even kiss a child without a lot of stooping."" And God smiled and said, ""Yes, but if I make him child size, who would children have to look up to. It was a transitional time in Daniel‘s life, a passage, a step from college into the adult world."" And when God made a father' hands, they were large and sinewy. And the angel shook her head sadly and said, ""Do You know what You're doing. I wanted to leave him some words that would have some meaning, some significance beyond the moment. Large hands are clumsy. But nothing came from my lips.They can't manage diaper pins, small buttons, rubber bands on pony tails or even remove splinters caused by baseball bats."" God smiled and said, ""I know, but they're large enough to hold everything a small boy empties from his pockets at the end of a day, and get small enough to cup a child's face."" Then God molded long, slim legs and broad shoulders. The angel nearly had a heart attack. No sound broke the stillness of my beachside home.""Boy, this is the end of the week, all right,"" she clucked. Outside, I could hear the shrill cries of sea gulls as they circled the ever changing surf on Long Island.""Do You realize You just made a father without a lap. Inside, I stood frozen and quiet, looking into the searching eyes of my son. How is he going to pull a child close to him without the kid falling between his legs. What made it more difficult was that I knew this was not the first time I had let such a moment pass."" God smiled and said, ""A mother needs a lap. When Daniel was five, I took him to the school-bus stop on his first day of kindergarten.A father needs strong shoulders to pull a sled, balance a boy on a bicycle or hold a sleepy head on the way home from the circus."" God was in the middle of creating two of the largest feet anyone had ever seen when the angel could contain herself no longer. I felt the tension in his hand holding mine as the bus turned the corner.""That' not fair. I saw colour flush his cheeks as the bus pulled up.Do You honestly think those large boats are going to dig out of bed early in the morning when the baby cries. He looked at me-as he did now. Or walk through a small birthday party without crushing at least three of the guests. What is it going to be like, Dad."" And God smiled and said, ""They'll work. Can I do it.You'll see. Will I be okay.They'll support a small child who wants to ""ride a horse to Banbury Cross"" or scare off mice at the summer cabin, or display shoes that will be a challenge to fill."" God worked throughout the night, giving the father few words, but a firm authoritative voice; eyes that see everything, but remain calm and tolerant. Finally, almost as an afterthought, He added tears. And then he walked up the steps of the bus and disappeared inside.Then He turned to the angel and said, ""Now are you satisfied that he can love as much as a mother. And the bus drove away."" And the angel shutteth up! " . And I had said nothing. buy wow gold A decade or so later, a similar scene played itself out. With his mother, I drove him to William and Mary College in Virginia. cheap wow gold His first night, he went out with his new schoolmates, and when he met us the next morning, he was sick. He was coming down with mononucleosis, but we could not know that then. mp3 players We thought he had a hangover. In his room, Dan lay stretched out on his bed as I started to leave for the trip home. world of warcraft gold I tried to think of something to say to give him courage and confidence as he started this new phase of life. Again, words failed me. wow gold I mumbled something like, ""Hope you feel better Dan. "" And I left. wow gold Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those lost opportunities. How many times have we all let such moments pass. wow gold kaufen A boy graduates from school, a daughter gets married. We go through the motions of the ceremony, but we don‘t seek out our children and find a quiet moment to tell them what they have meant to us. Or what they might expect to face in the years ahead. How fast the years had passed.