The Playpen

I complain about being a father a lot. Lets face it, it can be a real pain in the ass sometimes. I always find myself on this particular Sunday morning looking back on my life as a dad and marveling at, not only how quickly it is all going by, but all of the challenges I have faced along the way. I mean, I have lost night after night of sleep over a hole in a heart, I have baked exact replicas of the very darkest part of the human anatomy and, of course, I have eaten poo.

It ain’t that easy.

But I also have met a lot of other really cool dads along the way, and knowing them has helped me understand that, not only am I not alone in my strife, but that most of my issues are no greater or more unique than anyone else’s. That really helps. There’s the dad that helped me out in the very beginning and that I promise to get a post to this week and there’s the dad that snuck me into his secret club. There’s a West Coast drinking buddy dad and the dad that makes me feel guilty when I do drink because I should have been working out instead of ordering an extra shot. (I had no idea that guy was all ripped and whatnot!) All in all some pretty cool guys.

Then there are those little events that happened this morning, where I woke up to find Grandma and Frankie making me this cool monster card,

I got a really nice gift and a beautiful card from my wife who somehow found time to get to the mall while sleeping less than two hours a night and I got to eat Burger King Croissan’wiches for breakfast. At the end of the day, really, does it get any better?

The truth is that the ageda, exhaustion, trials and tribulation are what makes being a father so great. If it were easy, no one would appreciate it for what it means. I love it, and want to wish a sincere and heartfelt “Happy Father’s Day” to all those guys who go out there and make it happen for their families day in day out. We’ve come a long way since our fathers’ Father’s Days, and I’m proud to be a part of such a great group.

Rock on, dads.

-Matt


There aren’t any real Father’s day specials on our site, RedSparks, but we have a few things with skulls on them. Check them out!

1. Miss Says:
   June 22nd, 2009 at 4:17 pm

   Yeah, I’d say you are totally one of the coolest daddies on the net.

   And you’re doing a pretty good job at this whole parenting biz.

   Happy Father’s Day!
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2. Kori Says:
   June 23rd, 2009 at 4:12 pm

   Aha, a real dad being honest about the fact that it sucks a lot of the time but you just keep doing it; I would have a mugh better outlook toward fathers in general if more were like you! Happy Father’s Day (very late, but still sincere).
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