#dadisms

[brokendreamscreation-moved]

@helluva-hazbins

“If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”

— Haim Ginott

[mrdaddyskool]

2 days before my 51st birthday.

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.~Psalm:42:1

As the deer penteth for the water, so my soul longeth after thee. David was seeking after the Lord, even though he was distressed and angry.

I came to know the Lord in 1994, when I was crying and catastrophising in an overseas training exercise. I asked that He helped me overcome a difficult period, and He did.

In work, I do have many situations of stress, but I had depended on my own strengths.

I had started to ask if I can have a girlfriend and wife, and I seeked my own while waiting. In 2002, He allowed me to have union with a lovely lady called Christyne. We went on to have 3 lovely children.

I had continued to study after ITE, as my elder sister helped me to appeal to polytechnic through mp. I was happily earning a meagre salary as a technician and was angry with my sister. However, in hindsight, she had helped me significantly as I begin to enjoy studying and become discipline. I later received my Diploma in Electrical Engineering, and soon after, got a Bachelor in Engineering Management. In 2012, I did a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work. God had help me through many of my good and difficult periods in my studies, and relationships with peers and teachers.

My divorce in 2019 originated from work stress and negligent to my ex-wife needs. I was a workaholic, and have much fears and anxieties. Taking care of 3 children need financing, and work stress in student care and later social work took up time and energy, and me and ex-wife drifted apart.

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

God helped me navigated the next 4 years, the consequences of negligent to my ex-wife emotional and psychological needs. I was an angry and negligent husband, and no excuses can sugarcoat the truth. It impacted my children, and I do regret how much it hurt them.

Nights of staying awake, drinking and feeling grief and guilt. God sent angels, through Edward, Simon, Bak Chim, Adrian and breathrens from Duranno Father School. My dad allowed me lodging, mum sent me daily text messages of love and encouragement. Social workers from Care Corner Ctr for Coparenting, ex-colleagues from Sheng Hong Fsc, especially my ex-supervisor, Ai Lin, and Yin Ying, regularly checked in on me. Church brothers Sien Moon and Matthew too call me regularly. God was there, in my darkest days, waiting for His wayward prodigal son to see the light.

Family theraphy talks about family definition, characteristics, and identified 4 major stressors in a family:

- Death

- Divorce

- Disease

- Disasters

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

~Psalm 46:1

After, during and after my divorce, God is always there. He did not leave me behind. He led me to read His word, fellowship with His people, hear His Psalms, proverbs and songs, see His creations of strengths of people who see hope, and find joy, love and mercy. Praise the Lord, oh my soul, worship His Holy name.He is my refuge and strength.

I pray that I will be faithful, not only in good times, but also in challenging times. May I be a good steward, and may many seek to hear His Gospel and truth. Semper fidelis.

[imskipping]

chilchuck having to tell the party that hes worried about them and that he cares about them is sooo funny after its revealed hes a dad. you make a dad talk about his emotions??? you force him to say with words he cares?? torture for dads.

[elementaryboysoversherlockgirls]

Out with “you ready to rock n roll?” In with “EVERYBODY MOVEEEEENTT”

[helluva-hazbins]

@brokendreamscreation

@parvum-draconis

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.

-Nelson Mandela

[fanfictionroxs]

Look loustat and armandaniel might be endgame, but Daniel will always call Lestat and Armand homewreckers for ruining his chances with Louis.

[mugentakeda]

iroh swatting him back for no reason LMFAOOOO

[loidloid]

if endo doesnt show us a flashback of loid teaching anya how to ballroom dance…

[quartzhearted]

Deep breath, Lapis. You got this! Lapis psyches herself before she marches on up to the very man she had been looking for, present box in hand.

“ Hi there, Mister Morion! ”  she calls out, loud and clear. She hugs the box against her chest as she tries to eliminate the excess energy running through her to no avail.  “ Seeing as it's the Winter Festival, I have a gift for you. So, uh, here you go! ”

And it's at that point she at last holds it out as the offer it is to the former King. When he takes it, if he were to open it, he'd discover a muffler waiting for him inside.

“ I made matching mufflers for you and both your sons, Sir, ”  she explains, her two now free hands playing together, intertwining in her nervousness.  “ I thought, well, since you three are back together again, it might be nice to have something new that ties you all together... something that you can look at and go, 'Yeah! We sure got these after all that scary stuff was over with!' ”

Her Morion impression could use some work. She brings her voice back to its usual tone.

“ I'll be giving them their versions of it sometime after this when I can meet up with them, so, um, if you could keep it a secret in case you see them first, I'd appreciate that. Er, not that I'm telling our former King what he can or can't do, no, Sir! ”

She is. Gosh, why doesn't she just crawl into a hole NOW?! As her composure crumbles, she starts to hide her face behind her hands, cheeks growing absolutely red.

“ Ahhh! I-Ignore that! It's fine! You can do whatever you like actually! But... no matter what, I, uh, hope you like your gift, Sir! And have a happy holiday too, yep! ”

morion is quite familiar with the voices of his son's retainers, so hearing a voice call out to him has him immediately guessing that it's lapis. looking over, the sight of pink hair confirms the thought and brings a smile to his face. never a dull moment where she's concerned.

" well, hello there, lapis! " he replies, just as loud. hey! she's stopped calling him king! " you've got a gift? y'know you didn't have to do that... but now i'm curious. give it here! "

he takes the box. it's reasonably big but not heavy; he wonders at first if it's a hat for his big, square head. heh. a square hat. that'd be funny. but as he opens it, lapis begins to explain what the present actually is---something far less funny and far more touching.

the muffler inside is very big and quite soft; it's clear that lapis put a lot of work into it, not to mention the quality materials that must have taken her time to work with. a brodian ought to know a thing or two about warm clothes lest the bluffs freeze their asses to their seats, but even morion hasn't ever seen a thing this nice. perhaps it's got to do with the fact that, as lapis says, it is part of a set---matching with his sons whom both have yet to receive them.

morion's eyes turn soft thinking about matching with his boys in the wintertime, but they don't stay that way for long. as soon as lapis starts up the impression, he starts laughing so hard he nearly drops the box he's holding. " GA HA HA! boy, you ought to take up a job as an impersonator! sounds just like me, it does! " he howls, though he clams up shortly after. his eyes shift from side to side, mouth turned to a thoughtful pout. " ...on second thought, don't. they might arrest ya for pretending to be a former king. "

a smile stretches back across his face and he bursts out laughing again. boy, he thinks he's SO funny.

once he's done, morion resists the urge to wear the muffler immediately ( adhering to lapis' request, of course ) and instead places it back inside the box. with his free hand, he pats lapis' shoulder. " relax, kiddo. i won't tell 'em. " it looks like they still need a little work on the whole king thing. " i think it's nice enough you're doin' somethin' like this in the first place. i won't go around ruining the surprise, big as my mouth might be!

" yer alcryst's retainer, not some random brat. i think you n' i have talked enough to not worry about these kind'a things, don't'cha agree? " sure, niceties are important, but anyone that can body the shit out of a problem opponent is someone morion sees as an equal... and morion is just biased because he likes her. " in fact, someone like you 's got a lot to teach me about. if it ain't too much trouble one of these days, would you show me how you make one of these mufflers? in case i gotta fix it? "

[incendiums]

not a father-figure but worse { Siegbert & Henry

Reply to Siegbert's post:

"I promise, there is nothing to worry about. Mitama makes me incredibly happy." His father warned him to keep his close relationships secret, but Siegbert couldn't help it that time. "I don't believe we've met. I am Siegbert. What is your name?"

[Henry, Bloodthirsty and Heart Hungry]

"Oh, so Siegbert's your name, huh? Sounds reaaaaal fancy!" He whirled a knowledgeable finger, spouting steam out of his kettle. "I'm Henry, ahaha~ Been through a couple of knocks with Mitama in the past, but it was mostly 'cause I'm a little prone to bleeding. And death."

"What's your deal? Got a sword, a shield, and a duty too heavy? Got a curse on your family blood line?" He began to laundry list the usual pains of being alive. "I can help you with the latter, but the former? You'd be on your own."

@gallant-gained

[fandom-hoarder]

Sam rejecting The Elvis Burger and Dean going, "Y'know there are starving children out there."

[a-strange-inkling]

Can I just say that Eddie calling the girls “bug” just kills me in the best way? 😭 It’s the cutest nickname.

Thank you! 🐞♥️

*squee* It gets me too! It’s just so sweet and I can always here him saying it so clearly! ‘Bug’ is actually his nickname for Livvy and ‘Mags’ for Maggie ♥️

[likeawildthing]

nothing brings me more joy as a single mom than when Dad Mode is activated

[bubmyg]

yoongi and his fucking tervis

[alwaysbethewest]

I was plotting the other day to write a scene where Frankie throws out his back and I sort of felt lowkey guilty about it (v normal, lol), only for Bella to really be like, yes so remember when you were lying on the ground to help your back—

[throwingmuses]

drunk dadism #9 - on hacky sacks