Fatherhood and Finances

This week we talked a lot about finances and about fatherhood. I'm going to focus on fatherhood, because I'm kind of tired of all the financial talk. We only talked a little bit about fatherhood in class but we had an assignment to write a paper about fatherhood. I really enjoyed writing this paper because it gave me some time to reflect on my own dad and how he is involved in my life. If you don't know my dad, he is the best dad in the world, though I probably didn't think that when I was a teenager. My dad always made me feel like I could talk to him about anything and I could talk to him at anytime. He always shared stories from his own life, that taught him important lessons that were relevant to what I was experiencing. My dad never forced me to make any important decisions, he would tell me what he thought was best but left me to make the decision on my own and I was able to learn a lot this way, and it wasn't always the easiest way to learn things. I'm sure there were times when my dad would just want to tell me what to do to save me some heartache but he never did. He is really the best dad and a great guy. If you think he is really shy and quiet you should get to know him better, he is really funny and could probably tell you stories from his childhood that you would not expect. I love him :)