My dad has taught me so much in my life. I will express here a few of the most important things...and a few trivial ones.
Never give up. After being told he may never walk again, I'm glad he never gave up and can live to run with my children.
Be helpful. Just pray you're helpful when you aren't already late. That upsets the punctual people in the family.
Your wife is your queen, your daughter is your princess. Naturally the princess doesn't get away with murder because the queen is there. But being the queen to my own husband is pretty awesome. I love that my dad taught me how a woman should be treated.
Don't be too proud. He played tea parties, pretty pretty princess, and let me paint his nails. Nuff said.
Be nice to strangers, but shoot to kill intruders. Texans don't risk the lives of their loved ones to avoid a lawsuit from the robber's family.
Gunpowder is fun on holidays involving fireworks.
How to love my children with patience and kindness.
But most of all I learned gospel truths. Like how to love myself because I am a child of God. What makes me special simply being human? Nothing. I am special because I was made in the image of God. Even if some people call my family inactive, we are far from hopeless. Immovable testimonies abound. I remember how touched I always was when my dad would bear his testimony and I know Heavenly Father remembers them and knows their hearts.
Wishing everyone a lovely father's day.
- Heather Rand
