The other day my oldest daughter asked me what I like to do for fun. At the time I was getting the girls lunch and doing the dishes that were left in the sink from the night before and from the morning breakfast. I was in the process of thinking about the question and out from underneath her PB&J, she blurts out "I bet you like doing the dishes for fun."
After explaining to her that I don't do the dishes for fun, I then had to explain that I do the dishes, the laundry, the cleaning, the hollering and the loving because that is my job. I don't go to work like some dads. I get out of bed and I'm already at work. I think that she started to understand that it is not always the dad that stays home. Ah....this is a fun age.
It got me thinking about a few things. One, how I got here. Not how I was born and got to SE Wisconsin. But, how I got to be a stay at home dad. That is a subject for another time. The other thing I thought of was, what do I do for fun? I have to say that I don't define fun as I had pre-kids.
There are things that I enjoy doing but it is hard to do that with two little ones tagging along. But, what I realized is that I enjoy the things that they get enjoyment from. I love to watch them swim or play at the beach. I love to peak into the dance studio to watch Katie attempt ballet. Riley loves to kick or throw balls around. And of course, they love to jump or ride their bikes through puddles. I love that. I guess that is my fun.
Me having my type of fun is not important right now. Life is not about me. But it is about being where God wants me and doing what He has called me to do. Right now it is raising my two girls and taking care of my incredibly hard working wife.
If it takes my girls thinking that I do the dishes for fun, I guess I must be doing something right.
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