ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mark Strüb has happily called Austin home for 10 whole years. While that doesn’t make him a native, he feels it gives him sufficient rights to the popular Austinite catch-phrase “I remember when…” In addition to talking about the unpaved used car lot that gave way to Whole Foods' World Headquarters, he enjoys Alamo Drafthouse, dining outdoors, shopping and traveling. But nothing brings Mark greater joy than spending quality time with his 5 year old son, Jack, at their home in Hyde Park. Mark has a B.S. in Radio-TV-Film from UT and makes his living helping people buy and sell homes.

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June 20, 2010

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY [to me]

Those that know me well know that there is nothing more sacred to me than my relationship with Jackson Hames Strüb. What an HONOR to be his "Papa!" This day is a really fun time to relish in that joy and fulfillment. Therefore, it is my favorite holiday of the year.

Happy Father's Day to all you lucky guys out there. I'd love to hear what you did on your special day. Leave a comment and let me know!

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It is much easier to become a father than to be one. ~Kent Nerburn

It is a wise father that knows his own child. ~William Shakespeare

My father didn't tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland

My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person: he believed in me. ~Jim Valvano

Father taught us that opportunity and responsibility go hand in hand. I think we all act on that principle; on the basic human impulse that makes a man want to make the best of what's in him and what's been given him. ~Laurence Rockefeller

One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. ~George Herbert

A man's worth is measured by how he parents his children. What he gives them, what he keeps away from them, the lessons he teaches and the lessons he allows them to learn on their own. ~Lisa Rogers

I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection. ~Sigmund Freud

My father always told me, "Find a job you love and you'll never have to work a day in your life." ~Jim Fox

Every dad, if he takes time out of his busy life to reflect upon his fatherhood, can learn ways to become an even better dad. ~Jack Baker

It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us fathers and sons. ~Johann Schiller

A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be. ~Frank A. Clark

At a time of reproductive freedom for women, fatherhood must be more than a matter of DNA. A man must choose to be a father in the same way that a woman chooses to be a mother. ~Mel Feit

1 comment:

HappyTheMan said...

I LOVE being a father too. Woke up to happy kids and a beautiful wife & hot coffee-off to church with the family, Toy Story 3 with my oldest, Elijah 3, finished the day eating and swimming with my Dad and Mom and family....best Fathers day so far, I have a feeling their only gonna get better!