father's day

picked it up from the father's day sermon today...served w/ my lil bit of twisting of words...

dad came home from a long, grueling, horrible day at work, only to find his son waiting to greet and talk to him. all he could think about was just kicking back and getting some well needed peace and quiet. so he immediately heads for his chair.

the son had been waiting and waiting to just share with his dad about the adventures he had had that day, but only to be cut short when his dad tells him to just leave him alone for a bit.

the son exits the room and a thought occurs to him. he thinks on it then, hesitantly creeps back into the room and asks,

'dad?'
*sigh* 'yes, son?'
'i was wondering, how much do u get paid an hour?'
'$20, why?
'oh, ok.'
'why do u want to know?'
'can i have $10?'

and with that, the short fuse that was left from his day was lit. his dad exploded.

'do i look like ur bank account?!? i work hard everyday to see that we are all provided for and u come and ask me for $10? all i'd asked was just to have some peace and quiet. go to ur room! don't come out til dinnertime and in the meantime, think about what u've done.'

the son sadly and quietly left the room and headed for his room. shortly after, the dad hears his son crying up in his room and promptly feels bad for his outburst. it was unwarranted, so he decides to apologize.

*knock knock*

'son? can i come in?'
the son wipes his face and answers tearfully, 'yes, dad.'
'i'm sorry i yelled at u earlier. i shouldn't have done that. here's the $10 u wanted.'
'thanks, dad.'

the son takes the money in one hand and sticks his hand in his pocket and pulls out a wad of money w/ the other. upon seeing this, the dad figures that his son's been scamming other ppl as well and explodes.

'do u think that money grows on trees?! why did u bother to ask me for money when u've already got so much? after all the sweat that i put into it, u just want more money? i demand ur explanation rite now, son!'

the son looks down at the money in his hands and then looks up at his dad, offering up his money.

'i'd been saving up for something really special for a while now. and, before, i didn't have enough, but, now i do.

here, dad. here's $20.'

if u didn't get it...scroll back up and read it again.

it really fits all kinds of relationships (God, family, friends, gf/bf, etc) but, for this instance, it's for father's day.

moral of the story --> don't be too 'busy' to just spend time w/ ppl. they're worth more than that.


OH! on a side note, i just realized that i totally forgot to add my new address to the gmail post.

care.jatmiko@gmail.com

i'm up to 5 accounts now! =D