Fatherhood

Does anybody ever think about being a father? I do all the time. Its a little bit of scary thought, even overwhelming at times. I mean how am I supposed to direct somebody's life? Of course Ill male mistakes, but what if I make a mistake so big that I cant ever fix? What will I do then? It must hurt so much to have a child you love so much hate you an equal amount. So then the subject of this post is: will I make a good father? I sure hope so.
Lets look at the things that make a good dad. The most prominent of these being, was my dad a good dad? Absolutely, I couldn't have asked for a better father, hes been an ideal role model. He was, and is reliable, trustworthy, wise and all those other good things a dad should be. But will I be like him? If I was half the father he was I think Id be pretty good, but I wanna be better. I wanna be the dad that everybody wished was theirs, I wanna be a dad that my kids will look up to and not wish somebody else was there dad. I wanna be the dad that can go from the ultimate sports trainer to the shoulder-to-cry-on in like .2 seconds. Will I be, Or will I be a failure? What if my kids hate me? Today you see so many kids who hate their parents and for what? Because they wont let their kids have cell phones or go out with somebody? Teens these days say they hate their parents because of the stupidest stuff. Don't they realize that these are their parents and that parents only want whats best for their kids? Its like crossing the street as a kid. Your parents told you not to cross the street because you might get hit by a car. A realistic possibility right? But what did you think when you were a kid? You thought your parents were mean because they wouldn't let you cross the street, you didn't really care that you might get hit by a car, most of us didn't even know that being hit by a car was even a possibility. So then it makes sense that their would be things that we want today (to cross the street) but our parents don't want us to have them because we might get hurt in one way or another. Make sense or do I just sound like a dad? :) Well Ill see how this whole parent thing works out one way or another right? But hey, I mean Ive got time to think about it, so no pressure. Yet.

Caleb