Thirty years ago today, I first became a father.
The first child is the one you make the most mistakes with. And especially when you're so young, like I was, it's easy to get sidetracked, and hardened, and forget who you are. You get on a path because you think you're being responsible and realistic, and doing the right thing, and you become someone else; someone you neither recognize nor like. And the ones who depend on you are the ones who pay the highest price.
Lord, forgive my many, many mistakes as a father, and be a Father to them in those places where I failed.
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