Comments on: The Art of Fatherhood http://animprobablelife.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood/ My Twenty Years with an International Photojournalist...Then and Now Tue, 22 May 2018 13:51:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood/#comment-3135 Becky Green Aaronson Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:23:40 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5621#comment-3135 Thank you, Melissa. I'm glad this post resonated with you. Jeffrey has been on endless adventures around the world, but parenting has been the greatest adventure of all--for both of us. I'm grateful he's fully involved so he doesn't miss out, and so Olivia always remembers the love and support of her daddy-o. I thoroughly enjoyed your Father's Day post too. We are two lucky chiquitas. Thank you, Melissa. I’m glad this post resonated with you. Jeffrey has been on endless adventures around the world, but parenting has been the greatest adventure of all–for both of us. I’m grateful he’s fully involved so he doesn’t miss out, and so Olivia always remembers the love and support of her daddy-o. I thoroughly enjoyed your Father’s Day post too. We are two lucky chiquitas.

]]> By: Melissa http://animprobablelife.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood/#comment-3126 Melissa Mon, 25 Jun 2012 03:28:35 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5621#comment-3126 Just lovely, Becky. :) What a nice Father's Day gift for Jeffrey -- this post you wrote for him! And I really enjoyed seeing the pictures of Jeffrey and Olivia together. They just seem to "fit." Happy, comfortable and respectful. And you are right! He is a very involved dad. Though on the other end of things, it was nice to read about the different relationship you had with your own father. I can feel your love for him, too, coming through your words. This line, "it’s all sinking into the right places, slowly building a foundation that will support her throughout her life" is something I wish more parents would think about more often. As you know, with children everything you say and do gets "in there" and it sounds like your little girl is just filling up with love. Happy belated Father's Day to Jeffrey! Just lovely, Becky. :) What a nice Father’s Day gift for Jeffrey — this post you wrote for him! And I really enjoyed seeing the pictures of Jeffrey and Olivia together. They just seem to “fit.” Happy, comfortable and respectful. And you are right! He is a very involved dad. Though on the other end of things, it was nice to read about the different relationship you had with your own father. I can feel your love for him, too, coming through your words. This line, “it’s all sinking into the right places, slowly building a foundation that will support her throughout her life” is something I wish more parents would think about more often. As you know, with children everything you say and do gets “in there” and it sounds like your little girl is just filling up with love. Happy belated Father’s Day to Jeffrey!

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood/#comment-3093 Becky Green Aaronson Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:26:29 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5621#comment-3093 Thank you, Arindam. I feel very lucky, indeed! Thank you, Arindam. I feel very lucky, indeed!

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood/#comment-3092 Becky Green Aaronson Thu, 21 Jun 2012 14:22:58 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5621#comment-3092 Yes, I think we all must accept what was there and what was not with our parents. If we manage to do it with grace and love, that is the best gift we can give ourselves. I like to wrap up the bright moments and store them somewhere special and leave the rest behind, knowing my parents were human, just like me. Yes, I think we all must accept what was there and what was not with our parents. If we manage to do it with grace and love, that is the best gift we can give ourselves. I like to wrap up the bright moments and store them somewhere special and leave the rest behind, knowing my parents were human, just like me.

]]> By: Arindam http://animprobablelife.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood/#comment-3074 Arindam Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:15:32 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5621#comment-3074 A wonderful tribute to two of the most important men in your life Becky. It's a beautiful post. It's a beautiful bond, that Jeffrey and your daughter share.; thank your for sharing these beautiful moments of your life with us. Lots of good wishes for all three of you. A wonderful tribute to two of the most important men in your life Becky. It’s a beautiful post. It’s a beautiful bond, that Jeffrey and your daughter share.; thank your for sharing these beautiful moments of your life with us. Lots of good wishes for all three of you.

]]> By: Deborah Batterman http://animprobablelife.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood/#comment-3069 Deborah Batterman Wed, 20 Jun 2012 00:37:37 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5621#comment-3069 Like you, I'm blessed with a husband who has always been a terrific, involved father in our daughter's life. My relationship with my father, long gone now, would never measure up to this. Maybe the true mark of being an 'adult' is accepting what was there, and what wasn't, with equal parts grace and love. No one knows better than you the ways in which every picture tells a story .. . . these tell a delightful, warm, loving one. Like you, I’m blessed with a husband who has always been a terrific, involved father in our daughter’s life. My relationship with my father, long gone now, would never measure up to this. Maybe the true mark of being an ‘adult’ is accepting what was there, and what wasn’t, with equal parts grace and love. No one knows better than you the ways in which every picture tells a story .. . . these tell a delightful, warm, loving one.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood/#comment-3062 Becky Green Aaronson Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:35:50 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5621#comment-3062 Thank you, Janet. Your words make me smile, especially knowing you still carry the confidence of your father's love like I do. Thanks for swinging by to share your comment. Thank you, Janet. Your words make me smile, especially knowing you still carry the confidence of your father’s love like I do. Thanks for swinging by to share your comment.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood/#comment-3061 Becky Green Aaronson Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:07:49 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5621#comment-3061 Yes, here's to all the dads in our lives! I love the image of your husband baking a cake with your girls, not having a clue as to how to go about it. It's all about the process! And how wonderful that you still have your dad with you, and your children have the gift of a special grandfather! Yes, here’s to all the dads in our lives!

I love the image of your husband baking a cake with your girls, not having a clue as to how to go about it. It’s all about the process! And how wonderful that you still have your dad with you, and your children have the gift of a special grandfather!

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood/#comment-3060 Becky Green Aaronson Tue, 19 Jun 2012 15:00:23 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5621#comment-3060 Okay, first things first...Jeffrey is anything but perfect (sorry honey). He would actually be the first to cringe at that notion. In fact, I was leery about posting this because he's so private and he doesn't want people to think he's Super Dad. But you are right about how lucky we are having husbands who are fully engaged with our children. Our dads were definitely from a generation that placed low expectations on their parenting skills and high expectations on their ability to bring home the bacon. Fortunately, things have changed. Okay, first things first…Jeffrey is anything but perfect (sorry honey). He would actually be the first to cringe at that notion. In fact, I was leery about posting this because he’s so private and he doesn’t want people to think he’s Super Dad. But you are right about how lucky we are having husbands who are fully engaged with our children. Our dads were definitely from a generation that placed low expectations on their parenting skills and high expectations on their ability to bring home the bacon. Fortunately, things have changed.

]]> By: Becky Green Aaronson http://animprobablelife.com/2012/06/17/the-art-of-fatherhood/#comment-3057 Becky Green Aaronson Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:26:53 +0000 http://animprobablelife.com/?p=5621#comment-3057 Thanks, Maurita. I'm glad you enjoyed this post. I hadn't ever thought about more attention being giving to the father-son relationship than the father-daughter relationship. I think they're equally important, but when a father empowers his daughter, it can stay with her her whole life--and hopefully inspire her to make good choices down the road. Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment. Thanks, Maurita. I’m glad you enjoyed this post. I hadn’t ever thought about more attention being giving to the father-son relationship than the father-daughter relationship. I think they’re equally important, but when a father empowers his daughter, it can stay with her her whole life–and hopefully inspire her to make good choices down the road. Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment.

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