Yesterday my family took me to the circus as an early father's day surprise. Sitting there with my wife and 3 daughters, all with smiles on our faces and me, the biggest kid out of the bunch, reminded me of why I do what I do. Why I left my great paying job to be my own boss and to be a Real Estate Professional. It was so I could have some control of my earnings, my time and my net worth.
You see, this was my first circus. I was raised by a single mom and things like going to the circus were trivial, unnecessary, and she just couldn't afford it. My mom is a tough mom. She raised 2 boys and a girl and always held her head high and never complained. She worked damn hard and all the time. She did what she had to do to. Walking home from kindergarten with my brother who is 3 years older than I, was no big deal back then because we knew mom was working so we could eat and have shoes to walk from school in. I was a latch key kid from kindergarten until I graduated high school. This was ordinary life for us. When I moved on from my home town after I joined the military, I quickly found out that although this was the norm back home it was not the norm for a lot of people. I vowed that it would not be the norm for my kids. I vowed that my kids would never have to come home to an empty, cold and silent house everyday. I vowed that they would never have to sit on the front porch waiting for me to come home from work because they just could not stand the emptiness of the house. I vowed that my children would never have to grow up before their time, being victims of circumstances which they had no control over. Things that were trivial in my childhood will become big deals and theirs.
In the end I say to all you good dads out there, remember why you do what you do. Sometimes we lose focus of the ultimate goal, happiness for our family. Check the stress at the door and take home smiles, hugs and kisses. Have a grand Father's Day.
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