Modern Brush

Growing up in a family like mine, I very rarely got to see my Dad because he was on the road most of the time. He has been in music ministry most of my life and by doing that his work required him to be out and about for a good majority of my childhood. Although at such a young age, I didn’t realize any difference. I thought every kids father left and then came home. I thought that was just the way that it was and I didn’t even think twice about it. I don’t think it really affected me that much until I got a little older, then it started getting to me a little more. I would definitely start to miss him more frequently. I respect my father whole-heartedly knowing that what he was doing was providing for us and making sure that everything was secure.

Now that I am a grown man I understand him more than I ever have before. I don’t resent him one bit for having to leave. When he was in town, he would always take us out to really nice buffet’ for dinner, and sometimes he would take me out of my class in the middle of the day just so that he and I could go ice skating together. I remember often he would have Flowers Delivered to our house for my mother on random occasions just to show my mother that he loved her. He would take us on these beautiful and exotic vacations during the summertime because he had saved up so many frequent flyer miles.

One summer we went to Bermuda and then another we went to Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands, and then one time Cancun Mexico and another, Maui. We sure had a lot of fun during those summer vacations. When the summer was over with then it was back to school for my brother and I and then back to work for my Dad. Because he was gone so much, I know that he always tried to compensate by giving us nice things and treating us to gourmet restaurants when he was in town because of all the time that he was missing with us. Sometimes he would come home with huge Gift Baskets for each of us with foreign money and souvenirs from the other countries that he was visiting at the time. I thought that was so awesome!

Each Basket Gift that my brother and I were given from him had something of significant value for us individually. I really love and respect my Dad and I know that I always will. I know that all the vacations and dinners in the world won’t be able to replace the time that was missed together, but in all honesty, I don’t look at it that way at all because he did such a wonderful job of being there for us when he was in town and that is what I want to remember most about my childhood with my Father.

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