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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 14:02:41 EST
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- From: "jones, mark" <JMJONES@UGA.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: Operation Pest.
- In-Reply-To: Message of Tue,
- 22 Dec 1992 12:48:00 CST from <RussN@SSECMAIL.SSEC.WISC.EDU>
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- Hey Russ,
- Thanks for sharing! Russ, I tell you, as a well seasoned old timer
- father for 11 weeks, I can truthfully say that there is nothing like
- it. People may think I am cornball, or more sensitive than a "real man"
- should be, but thats ok! Dont you feel bad about the ecstasy you
- feel about this little life that God has given you two! Every night when
- I get home from work, I go spend a few minutes with my little Stacia Kaleigh
- and she now welcomes me home with a big smile and laughs aloud! She is
- Daddy's girl and I love it! I still have to choke back tears regularly when
- she gives me that trusting little look and lays her head over on my shoulder
- for me to cuddle her.
-
- One thing that really meant the world to me: My wife had a C-section. It was
- planned, and she had an epidural and was awake the whole time. I was in the
- O/R with her. Well, when they lifted our daughter out of her womb, they cleaned
- her up, checked her over and handed her to me, and said "come on Dad!" I got
- to spend the first two or three hours of her life talking to her, rubbing her
- back and legs and just bonding with her. I was sorry that my wife was not there
- but I would not have traded this time for a million dollars! From that day
- forward, I have purposed in my heart that I would be a get-involved Dad in
- everything! None of this leaving it up to Mom. She is truly a wonderful Mom,
- but I think that two parents working together to love and nurture, each
- providing a unique touch that the other cannot, is Gods best. Im certainly
- not trying to by Quayleish and put down the single parent. God bless these
- brave and noble souls! But Im not going to stand idly by and let my little gal
- grow up without me! She needs her Dad and her Mom and thats what she's gonna
- get every day of her life!
-
- Russ, ENJOY! Im excited for you! Please report regularly. We will be
- praying. Will ya'll want to know sex from the sonogram? We knew, and Im
- It sounds like you are going to be a wonderful Dad, Russ. Just trust God,
- Any other babies expected out there in Christia land?
- I am finding that He is teaching me everything I need day by day!
- definitely get all soppy over the babies! God Bless you all......Mark
-