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It just so happens it is the busy season at his work, and his week turns quickly into nearly 80 hours.\u0026nbsp; Yes, that is just one week.\u0026nbsp; Needless to say, the kids (and moi) have not been able to see him that often.\u0026nbsp; The trend is that Saturday nights and all day Sundays are strictly family time.\u0026nbsp; He misses them so much, and I miss him.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EThankfully this trend is supposed to stop mid-December.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EIt got me thinking about all the single moms out there.\u0026nbsp; Sometimes being single means that the dad is just not around, but it could also mean the dad just isn't fully present even when he is around.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EI have been getting up with the kids, making breakfast, lunch, dinner, bottles, spoon-feeding, changing diapers on two, putting down for naps, cleaning, shopping, laundry, bathing, and putting all the kids to bed, by myself, most days of the week.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EBut the role of a father is not to be helper with all these things, although that is usually an added bonus.\u0026nbsp; The role of a father is to be a mentor, a haven, a disciplinarian, and a teddy bear all rolled into one.\u0026nbsp; I believe it is one of the hardest jobs on the planet, that is, to do it well.\u0026nbsp; I think that is why so many dads bail.\u0026nbsp; Perhaps it's fear of failure or fear of how kids will change them.\u0026nbsp; I don't know.\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EI once read in a book that God revealed Himself to us as a Father because He knew this would be a role severely lacking in our world.\u0026nbsp; I thought that was interesting.\u0026nbsp; There are plenty of verses in the Bible that refer to God as being 'Dad' (see Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6).\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EGood dads are hard to find; everything is coming against them to be there for their family.\u0026nbsp; I believe that is why author Donald Miller started an organization to help rectify this problem through \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/thementoringproject.org\/\" style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EThe Mentoring Project\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-family: \u0026quot;Courier New\u0026quot;,Courier,monospace;\"\u003EJust thought you should know that if you are a single mom, or a mom who feels lonely and isolated, I am praying for you.\u0026nbsp; You can reach out to me if you need to and I can try to find ways to help.\u0026nbsp; If you are a dad, I would encourage you to embrace this unique role that you are in, throw yourself wholeheartedly into it, and see how blessed you will be.\u0026nbsp; 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