THE POWER OF A FATHER’S PRESENCE
In Chapter 5 of #CryLikeAMan βThe Absence of Affirmation, I share how my father rarely attended my football gamesβand of all the games for him to attend, it had to be the one when I dropped the game winning touchdown.
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βI heard you dropped a touchdown passβ was the first thing out of his mouth. Not βGreat catch in the first quarterβ or βThat block on fifty-seven was legit!β Just the same predictable negativity that refused to see the good in me. Would you believe it took nearly three decades for the Most High to expose what my dad really said?
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βI HEARD β¦β
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He didnβt even see the play because he wasnβt there. He showed up at the end of the game. He didnβt witness anything I didβgood or bad. The speed I used to outpace the DB. Nothing. Just a handful of corrosive words hitting me like acid. Sitting here in my office so many years later, I finally realized what he actually meant. And when I did, all I could do was put my head on my desk and cry. β β β β β β β β β
Fatherβsβjust because youβre not in your sonβs home, doesnβt mean you canβt be in his life! Please learn how to βͺ#CryLikeAManβ¬ so that you can release the toxic emotions and trauma preventing you from being the father he needs.
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