Parenting pages continue to turn in Dad’s book.

I will always be here for you. Until I’m not. That day and time is not known to either of us and it is not to be feared.

Your life is yours. Your success is yours. Your failure is yours just as my failures are mine. I’ve failed a lot. I got up and kept on going down my path. I want you to do the same but not have to get up as much as I did.

Seeing you fall/fail hurts me. I have to walk the line allowing for your free will but I never want you to fail and I want you to succeed period. For you. Not for me.

My path is mine. I walk it and you are bound to it as my child and as commanded in scripture. I chose you as your parent. As an adult. You must choose me as an adult. Freely. This is not trivial.

Your path is yours. I want to be nearby and walk with you often but choosing the direction is for you. I am bound to it as your father and as commanded in scripture. If and when I can help you, I will.

I am still walking my path. I figure this stuff out one step at a time and I often make it up as I go along. You are doing and will do the same.

I do not want to control you. I yearn to be able to protect and guide you whether you need it or not.

God willing, I’m not going anywhere any time soon.
I will always be here for you. Until I’m not. That day and time is not know to either of us and it is not to be feared. I know this because God loves you and me both.

We are specific beloved firstborn children of God above all. Both of us.