June, 2003
June
J ~ une, the month of Dad's Day.
U - nlimited memories we display.
N ~ ever to forget his love and care
E ~ verytime we needed him - he was there.
Thanks, Dad!
When A Father Prays
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid. One who will be proud and unbending in defeat but humble and gentle in victory.
A son whose wishbone will not be where his backbone should be; a son who will know that to know himself is the foundation stone of knowledge.
Rear him, I pray, not in the paths of ease and comfort but under the stress and spur of difficulties and challenges. Here let him learn compassion for those who fail.
Build me a son whose heart will be clean, whose goal will be high. A son who will master himself before he seeks to master other men. One who will learn to laugh, yet never forget how to weep. One who will reach into the future, yet never forget the past.
After all these are his; add, I pray enough of a sense of humor so that he may always be serious yet never take himself too seriously; a touch of humility, so that he may always remember the simplicity of true greatness; the open mind of true wisdom; the meekness of true strength.
Then, I his father will dare to whisper, "I have not lived in vain."
~ General Douglas MacArthur