Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family, posed a great question on his blog yesterday.
If you could turn back the clock and spend one last day with your father, what would you do?
If your dad is still living, what would be the ideal way to enjoy his company?
If you’re a regular reader, you know I love and miss my dad who died in 2003. If I could spend one more day with my dad, I would try to accomplish two objectives.
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First, when my dad passed, my son was only 9 years old. He’s now 18, intelligent, inquisitive, and has insightful opinions on everything from cameras to the Scriptures and everywhere in between. I would love to be in the room when my son and my dad discussed history, faith, sports, and anything else they could think of. I’d love to hear his questions and would hold my breath to hear Dad’s answers. The glorious by-product of time like this would be laughter. I love my son’s laugh and my dad’s was very musical.
Secondly, I would want to make good on a mutual dream Dad and I concocted. Dad loved baseball. He loved playing it in his younger days and was even invited to try out for the Boston Red Sox farm system in 1948. He loved coaching the sport in the Army and early in his career. He loved watching it … on two black and white televisions on the floor next to our color TV. Three games at once (Some times I chuckle thinking about my dad sitting in his recliner holding an iPad with a MLB.tv subscription.) We often talked about going to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. It had to be a destination trip. We didn’t go near it in any of our family travels. It’s hard to get there from metro Atlanta. I would love to spend a day walking through the museum and sitting in the stands next door for a legend’s game. I would love to hear him tell the stories and share the memories. I’d even love to hear him cringe at the exhibit that celebrates “The Giants win the pennant!“
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