Shining on Dads

My last post Father’s Day When Somone Is Missing gave some tips on using grief rituals to make the day a little easier.

As tomorrow in Australia is Father’s Day, I want to continue the theme of shining on ‘Dads’ by sharing with you a selection of my favourite father quotes as well as a video clip, “A Song for Dad” by Keith Urban (keeping the Aussie connection strong).

Blessed indeed is the man who hears many gentle
voices call him father – Lydia M. Child

There’s something like a line of gold thread
running through a man’s words when he talks to his daughter, and gradually over
the years it gets to be long enough for you to pick up in your hands and weave
into a cloth that feels like love itself  – John Gregory Brown 

Any man can be a father but it takes someone special to be a dad – Anne Geddes 

It is a wise father that knows his own child – William Shakespeare 

I cannot understand how I managed to cope without getting cuddled this many times a day –  Russell Crow 

It doesn’t matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was. – Anne Sexton

Sometimes the poorest man leaves his children the richest inheritance – Ruth E. Renkel

The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get – Tim Russert 

It is not flesh and blood but the heart, which makes us fathers and sons – Johann Schiller

It’s only when you grow up and step back from him, or leave him for your own home:  it’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it - Margaret Truman

A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child – Knights of Pythagoras 

I love my father as the stars. He’s a bright shining example and a happy twinkling in my heart – Terri Guillemets 

Tagged as: A Song for Dad, Father quotes, Fathers Day, Keith Urban, Losing a Father