tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773640122981885675.post4538357090519456322..comments2023-06-15T02:59:57.423-06:00Comments on Joelene Coleman - writing as "Harley Brooks": BEING A FATHER ISN'T FOR SISSIESJoelene Colemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14860124133578476836noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773640122981885675.post-59607802619222009352012-06-22T12:59:32.162-06:002012-06-22T12:59:32.162-06:00I admire you with your father, Joelene. He sounds ...I admire you with your father, Joelene. He sounds like a truly wonderful super hero. Your husband- sounds like mine. An irreplaceable man.Calisa Rhosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743891437445099016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773640122981885675.post-50399406462505730502012-06-18T23:50:29.248-06:002012-06-18T23:50:29.248-06:00Sounds like you found your "dream guy." ...Sounds like you found your "dream guy." Sorry you weren't close to your father. With me, it was my mother whom I felt distant from growing up. Thanks for sharing. You too, Sandy.Joelene Colemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14860124133578476836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773640122981885675.post-73226843616919419272012-06-18T17:37:35.418-06:002012-06-18T17:37:35.418-06:00*wipes the tears from eyes* I was not and still do...*wipes the tears from eyes* I was not and still do not consider myself close with my father, but I too watch him falter and become frail. As the youngest and only girl, I now take care of things he doesn't understand anymore and write out his bills. I am, for the first time in my 43 yrs, daddy's little girl, in his eyes at least. And I'm okay with that. <br /><br />When I dreamed of the man I would one day have children with, I always imagined a man who knew how to be stern, but also how to praise. A man not afraid to show his love for his kids, or be afraid to be weak. A man who knew how to play, but also teach them how to work. While I was never able to have children of my own, the man I married has children and he is all of these things to them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10251531547727119406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8773640122981885675.post-75549088128415686172012-06-18T07:26:28.898-06:002012-06-18T07:26:28.898-06:00It's hard to watch your father fail -- mine ha...It's hard to watch your father fail -- mine had a stroke and was wheelchair bound for 2 years before he died.<br />I give thanks for my husband who became an instant father to 9-,6- and 3-year old boys when we married. They all remembered him on Father's Day (or I'd have had to spank them, in their 40's or not!).<br />Sandy BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com