PHOTO PROMPT © Sarah Potter
WALK THE WALK
Bobby liked his father as a child. He loved his Dad, as a young boy could. He spent a lot of time with him over the years – rather, his Dad spent a lot of time with him.
He never idolized his Dad, never thought of him like Ward Cleaver, or Father Knows Best. He was just always there, an ordinary, work-a-day kind of guy.
Now that he was grown, and had a wife and children of his own, he saw the many things, great and small, that his father had quietly, competently done.
He had some big shoes to fill.
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Go to Rochelle’s Addicted to Purple site and use her Wednesday photo as a prompt to write a complete 100 word story.
Archon's Den 
I hope this is how my kids see me in the future. Touching story.
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If you care enough to want it to be so, it probably will be. 😀
Thanx for the kind words.
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Dear Archon,
Simple and well told.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thanx Rochelle. Quid Pro Quo. I just came off a week of being ghastly ill, and the one at home did a lot of nursing….’course I passed it on to him, and now I’m nursing, and he’s cursing. 😳
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What a lovely relationship they had. A delightful tale.
Click to read my FriFic!
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My Mom made me very aware of my Dad’s (few) shortcomings as I grew up, but just the fact that he gave me a lot of his time and attention made up for most of them. 😀
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That was beautifully written…. you old softie, you!
It’s a lovely realization he had…
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Yeah, reality can sneak up on you. 😀
I’ll blame a stomach flu for going all maudlin this week, but I’m back in full grumping shape now. I just met another ‘Good Christian’, whining that someone said something derogatory about his particular faith. 😦
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Yeah, yeah… I’ll bite!
Eesh. Not a fan of the who ing good Christian…
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Sh*t! Whining!
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Not a fan of that damned AutoCorrect either. 😳
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Great story. We absorb so much from our parents.
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We do indeed. While this was modeled on my supportive family, I feel so bad about what the poor wife picked up from her group of abusive, judgemental, emotional ghouls. 😦 😳
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I’m afraid too many people have lost all sense of good parenting skills. On the other hand, though, fathers are expected to have a closer relationship with their children in our society than the role they were forced to play in years gone by—if you read old English novels. 🙂
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Times, and social expectations, change. I do watch a bit of period British ‘telly’ but the wife and son both read the historical romances. 🙂
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Lovely. I guess you liked your own father.
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He didn’t teach me carpentry or wiring, but to go out each weeknight and hang around a poolroom. Still, he did give me a lot of time and attention. Yeah, I liked him, and still miss him. 🙂
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I don’t know if any father realizes how important he is in the lives of his children. This is very sweet.
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I hope that my Father did before he passed on. I do because of things like a custom-made birthday card, recently received from the daughter, listing many of the things I do for her. It was especially sweet, and may have been part of the unconscious inspiration for this post. 😀
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