Anyone know this poem?

[C.Ann]

Last night I started working on the scrapbooks that I'm making for my stepchildren in memory of their father..

Several years ago I came across this poem and although I saved it, I can't find it anywhere..

In the beginning it talked about all the things that dad's have to go through - such as experiencing the pain of childbirth with no anesthesia; assembling toys; doing repairs around the house; sending their little girls off to be married; etc - and then it talks about what daddies do when they pass on and reach Heaven - how they're still "fixing" things, puttering around, and preparing the path for when their loved ones get there..

I want to find this poem SO bad but I can't remember what site it was on - whether it was a greeting site, one of those Friendship pages that are often set to music, or whatever..

If anyone is familiar with this poem I would be so very grateful if you could post it - or pass on the site where it's located..

Thanks so much!
C.Ann

 

[Snoopymom]

I tried searching on this scrapbook site for you, but I couldn't find it. Maybe you can think of a unique key word to search with?

http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/peasoup.asp

(the browse by category button or search soup buttons on the left)

Scrapbooks are the greatest gifts! Good Luck!!!

 

[jenny2]

Bumping for you!

 

[C.Ann]

This is driving me nuts!!!!! It would be the PERFECT poem for these scrapbooks, but I have googled it every which way to Tuesday and can't find it..

 

[corie161]

I looked in a scrapbook site that has poems and didn't see anything either. I just wanted you to know you weren't being ignored!

 

[Disney Doll]

Did you try www.poemhunter.com???

 

[corie161]

Is this it?

What Are Fathers Made Of?
(Paul Harvey)

A father is a person that is forced to endure childbirth without an anesthetic
A father is a person that growls when he feels good...and laughs out loud when scared half to death
A father never feels worthy of the worship in a child's eyes.
He's never quite the hero his daughter thinks...never quite the man his son believes him to be...and this worries him
So he works too hard to try and smooth the rough places in the road for those of his own who will follow him
A father is a person who gets angry when the first school grades aren't as good as he thinks they should be
He scolds his son...though he knows it's the teacher's fault
Fathers are persons that give daughters away to other men who aren't nearly good enough...
so they can have grandchildren who are smarter than anybody's
Fathers make bets with insurance companies about who'll live the longest
One day they lose...and the bet's paid off to the part of them they leave behind
I don't know where a father goes when he dies
But I've an idea that after a good rest...
he won't just sit on a cloud and wait for the girl he loved and the children she bore
He'll be busy there, too...repairing the stairs...oiling the gates...improving the streets...
smoothing the way.

 

[C.Ann]

Is this it?

What Are Fathers Made Of?
(Paul Harvey)

A father is a person that is forced to endure childbirth without an anesthetic
A father is a person that growls when he feels good...and laughs out loud when scared half to death
A father never feels worthy of the worship in a child's eyes.
He's never quite the hero his daughter thinks...never quite the man his son believes him to be...and this worries him
So he works too hard to try and smooth the rough places in the road for those of his own who will follow him
A father is a person who gets angry when the first school grades aren't as good as he thinks they should be
He scolds his son...though he knows it's the teacher's fault
Fathers are persons that give daughters away to other men who aren't nearly good enough...
so they can have grandchildren who are smarter than anybody's
Fathers make bets with insurance companies about who'll live the longest
One day they lose...and the bet's paid off to the part of them they leave behind
I don't know where a father goes when he dies
But I've an idea that after a good rest...
he won't just sit on a cloud and wait for the girl he loved and the children she bore
He'll be busy there, too...repairing the stairs...oiling the gates...improving the streets...
smoothing the way.

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Oh my gosh! That's it!!!!!! Where did you ever find it? Thank you SOOOOO very much! I'm going to print out several copies of it right now..

I just can't thank you enough!

 

[Patricia]

What a beautiful tribute to wonderful fathers. I will be using this for sure.

 

[JESW]

Wow, I could use that one in my scrapbook about MY Dad! Thanks!!

Jill

 

[corie161]

I was bored that day at work and googled something using the words you described. I found it on page 14 of that google search, but for the life of me can't recall where it was. If I find it again I'll let you know.

Glad I could help!

 

[C.Ann]

I was bored that day at work and googled something using the words you described. I found it on page 14 of that google search, but for the life of me can't recall where it was. If I find it again I'll let you know.

Glad I could help!

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Thank you again for going to all that trouble for me.. I appreciate it more than you will ever know - and I'm sure my DH's children will too..

You're so sweet and thoughtful!