Comments on: Lessons From My Father

By: LBell

LBell — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:36:30 +0000

To very loosely paraphrase Mark Twain: The older I get, the smarter my father gets. By that I mean that a lot of the things he used to tell us as kids make more and more sense now that I’m an adult. I’ll share two things he says:

1) You can’t tell grown folks what to do.
2) Nobody’s harder on black people than other black people.

By: dee

dee — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:49:32 +0000

I’m one of those kids who doesn’t have a father. I can tell you that the one thing my uncle sometimes says is “I thank you”. For some reason, when it’s something really special that I’ve received, that’s what I say instead of just “Thank you”.

By: Kenya

Kenya — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:50:02 +0000

My dad, who is one of the few loves of my life, always told me that your attitude determines your altitude…so true!!!

By: pets

pets — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:13:43 +0000

Great Father’s Day post! He has also said “Never say “never”.”

By: RiPPa

RiPPa — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:26:22 +0000

Your father sounds just like my dad. But I guess it’s the Trinbago thing. This post threw me back to all the sayings, quotes and colloquialisms of my youth. Sometimes I hear them in my head and all I could do is laugh in appreciation.

By: Denise

Denise — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 14:55:20 +0000

As usual, a great post ‘Bella. I’m fortunate to have a loving, wonderful Daddy too! His most recent advice to me has been “Don’t nag your husband” –LOL– not necessarily profound, but still good words to live by:)

By: Urban Sista

Urban Sista — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:04:51 +0000

LOL! My Bajan parents would tell me “there are mad people everywhere” too! Nice post for all the daddies out there who made a significant difference in the lives of their children.

By: Alicia

Alicia — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:30:56 +0000

It’s good you gave shout to the fathers. They often do not get the props they deserve. I have been blessed to have to have a fantastic dad and know others as well. Thanks for this.

By: Fortitude1913

Fortitude1913 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:52:47 +0000

This is wonderful! Blessed are we daughters whose fathers’ presence made an influence and impact in deed and word.

Please take a look at my FD post “In Praise of Black Fathers” when you get the chance: http://hitmebackblog.blogspot.com/2009/06/in-praise-of-black-fathers.html