Eric- you are already great. The time you are spending with your son Jace and the effort you are making on his behalf are wondrous. Isn't it fun, too, for you to watch the daily - or even the hourly changes that he reflects and the love that he is expressing as well?
We are getting better at it. You are great sons and better fathers. My love and respect to you both.
DLH
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Hoffberg
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 1:52 PM
To: Kevin Hoffberg; David Hoffberg
Subject: Re: Father's Day
This is my first Fathers Day!
Thank you DLH. Great words as usual and it feels great to get to be in on the whole Father thing.
To me it is all about love. It doesn't matter whether you are close or far; whether you are at dinner every night or away working to earn and provide.
What matters is that as a father you must be full of love. Love overcomes fatigue and helps you be the listener you need to be when you do. To me a father must love his children and love the concept of family with equal dedication and passion. A father must love life itself and he needs to show love to every member of his family in front of every other member of the family.
A great father is also learning all the time; really learning how to make moments count and what makes his kids tick.
I want my son Jace to feel two things about having me as father:
That I showed him how to love and how to be loved.
That I was genuinely interested in who he was. (To me the key here is to spend as much time learning something from him as I do trying to teach him and guide him.)
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