My Pledge To My Children

My Pledge To My Children

I won’t… demand perfection.
I will… demand your best effort.

I won’t… excuse your misbehavior.
I will… defend and advocate for you until my last breath.

I won’t… abandon or ignore you in rough times.
I will… give you room to succeed or fail on your own.

I won’t… fight every battle for you.
I will… always have your back.

I won’t… tell you how to live.
I will… offer advice and guidance.

I won’t… hold a grudge when you ignore my advice.
I will… be there to comfort you when you learn a tough lesson.

I won’t… always agree with your choices.
I will… honor the choices you make.

I won’t… always have the right answers.
I will… help you find your way.

I won’t… ever stop loving you.
I will… try to not smother you with my love.

Daddy Loves You!


6 thoughts on “My Pledge To My Children”

  • 1
    K Wombles on March 3, 2013

    Wonderful. Would you consider letting us post it at the Autism Blogs Directory?

  • 2
    Jerry Turning on March 6, 2013

    Of course! Thank you!

  • 4
    Xiomara | Equis Place on April 7, 2013

    I love this post! So sweet.

  • 5
    Ricky on March 19, 2014

    I only came across your blog recently, but wanted to let you know it's been a pleasure reading about your journey. I just recently started writing about my own and created a post that was inspired by this one. I didn't want to outrightly steal your idea, but was so impressed and moved by your post that I wanted to create something like that for myself as well. I hope that's okay. I gave you some love on the page and hopefully you can get around reading it some day. Fantastic stuff, man! Keep it up.

    http://premackandcheese.wordpress.com/2014/03/18/the-truth-about-daddy/

  • 6
    Wendy Spezowka on September 2, 2016

    Beautiful it goes without saying no mater their age:) Loved every word of it. Thank you!

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