Fetterisms (3 of 5)

"I’m your Father. I am not going to quit. I am not going to retire. And, you can’t fire me."
(Guest Blogger: Paul "Papa" Fetters)

At times I have felt, " I don’t like this aspect of being a father."

On one occasion, I was told by my oldest son, "Pop you are blowing it as a father." On that particular day, he probably had good reasons for the way he felt about my parenting skills.

That little confrontation was a chin stroker, a real head scratcher, or as the "King of Siam" mused, "a puzzlement."

After reflecting, I realized that it was my first time around raising three teenage sons. But they were also on their first time around as teenagers. Boy were they blowing it.

We concluded that in a few years they would have opportunity for blowing it as first-time fathers. Their children would be blowing it as teens. I would again be blowing it as my first time grandfathering. But until then, "I am the adult around here. I am the one called, ‘Father.’ I am not going to retire, I am not going to quit, and they could not fire me."