‘아버지의 날’

신문에 재미난 글이 실렸다.

읽으면 읽을수록 고개가 끄덕여진다.

특히 내 나이 비슷한 나이에 가지는 아버지에 관한 글에는 절대적으로 동감한다.

Father

4 years old:  My daddy can do anything.

7 years old:  My dad knows a lot, a whole lot.

8 years old:  My father doesn’t know quite everything.

12 years old:  Oh, well, naturally, Father doesn’t know that, either.

14 years old:  Father? Hopelessly old-fashioned.

21 years old:  Oh, that man is out-of-date.  What did you expect?

25 years old:  He knows a little bit about, but not much.

30 years old:  Maybe we ought to find out what Dad thinks.

35 years old:  A little patience, Let’s get Dad’s assessment before we do anything.

50 years old:  I wonder what Dad would have thought about that.  He was pretty smart.

60 years old:  May dad knew absolutely everything!

65 years old:  I’d give anything if Dad were here so I could talk this over with him.  I really miss that man. 

- Unknown