The Legacy
When you have a child,
it is a responsibility like no other
a responsibility that consumes your soul
if you take it by the horns and run,
By that I mean this,
look at the times, trends, life
and you begin to teach
and they begin to learn,
You teach them of love, respect,
not to lie, cheat or steal
you teach them the value of friends
you teach them responsibility,
You teach them to learn
the value of education, further education
you teach them the value of a dollar
you teach them how to be independent,
I have had the pleasure to raise 5
5 independent children, educated
respectful, trustworthy, loving
they have many friends
they are successful, have families, mostly
I love them all, with all my heart
though I must say my raising style has changed
And I must beg the oldest 4, their forgiveness
The last to raise is not my Legacy
he is a Legacy, to his Step Mother and me,
he has all the aforementioned, plus vision
at 15 he has GPS for his future
I play 12 Musical instruments, he plays 11
His Brother and I write, he writes,
He excels at all he does
I was not as hard on him,
Josh, you are not my Legacy
You are a Legacy, Created by God, Serving God
Truly a Son of God,
But you are still my Son and I am very Proud of you,
Staff Sergeant Joshua Pickett JROTC,
To all my Children, I love you all equally,
I just wish I raised you all equally, you all deserved it!
Love .....Dad
Copyright © Richard Pickett | Year Posted 2011
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