Jordan, Ashton & Jacob with Carter ~ August 2013

I cried looking at Father’s Day cards today in Walmart. I’ve never done that before. I don’t usually let myself do that…. but I couldn’t hold it in. It just came… and there I was… with people walking by… noticing. People I knew. It’s Ok.

I picked one out that Ashton would give to Carter if he were here… if he were well and whole. I’m going to give it to Carter for Father’s Day along with my card, but I’ll wait until everyone is gone home to give him that one.

It’s a Thank You card, of sorts. Here’s what it says:

DAD

Thank you

For giving our family

a foundation of strength

and sense of enduring love….

Thank you

for setting an example

of good, old-fashioned hard work,

and of honesty, courage,

and high ideals.

Thank you

for being protector,

provider,

and problem-solver,

all in one…

For everything you do,

and give, and are…

thank you, Dad.

Happy Father’s Day

I think Ashton would want to thank his father this way. I think he could do that now… now that he can see and think and feel with out his earthly impediments. I think he knows now what an amazing man his father is. I think he helped me pick out that card. Those tears, I didn’t want to shed so openly in Walmart, didn’t come until I found that one.

Thank you Carter for being the father that Ashton needed on this earth. The father who would be gentle with him when he needed gentleness. The father who could love him the way he needed to be loved.

I truly believe that Heavenly Father gives us the parents we need for our life on this earth. He knows what we need and I believe he knew that Ashton would need Carter Mayberry to be his earthly father. What a blessing Carter is to me and to our family. We could not be who we are without his strong character, protection, and divine attributes.

For those who are missing their earthly fathers at this time…. I wish you a blessed Father’s Day as you remember them and honor them. For those fathers who are missing a child… I pray for a special spirit of peace to be with you as you remember your beloved son or daughter. I hope you can feel them close. I believe they can be close. I believe our Heavenly Father lets them.

Written by Faye