Happy Father's Day

I know that officially Father's Day is next week but we will all be out of town on that day and Tim will be home all by himself. So, we celebrated today. We gave him some very usual presents...some shirts, pants, and a new wallet. And Tim was his usual self. He gets to choose where we eat on that Sunday and he chose to eat at El Chico's. He doesn't choose to eat there because it is his favorite place but because he knows that we will all like it (and they take 10% off when he you give them a church bulletin). He would rather have gone to Golden Corral or Furr's. We all hate those places and he always wants to make all of us happy...even when it is his day. That is what makes him a great dad. He is gentle and kind. He listens well. He is much more patient than I am. I know that is part of the reason why we are married. I was a single mom with a little boy who was less than a year old. He would hold Corey and talk to him. Corey would fall asleep so quickly for Tim. My friend, Pixie, said that it was either because it was a sign that he was "the one" or that he was extremely boring. Pixie loves Tim and I knew which one she believed to be true. Tim never once made Corey feel like he was less his child than our other kids and Corey wouldn't want to call anyone else Dad. He adopted Corey before we were even married for 6 months. It was important to him that Corey belong to both of us and that Corey have his name. When we went to court for the adoption, Tim held Corey and Corey kept giggling and playing with Tim and the judge said that it was obvious to him where this little boy belonged. That judge was right. I know that there have been times that Tim has felt that I haven't liked his choices with our children but those choices have been about what they were given to eat, bedtime, and clothes they were allowed to wear. The big stuff he always gets right. Our kids know that he is the easy one. You can talk Dad into things easier than you can talk Mom into them. We balance each other. I love him for many reasons but I love to watch him with our children...that is one of my favorite things.