What do you stand for in the eyes of your family?

What a week and a roller coaster ride this week has been. It has been one of those weeks of character altering and cognitive dissonance at its best. What do you stand for as a father and husband in the eyes of your family? This week continues to challenge this for me as I was allowed at least from one employer to keep my job and provide for my family. What makes a man? In a time when manliness is challenged and questioned as something possibly offensive I know that this week my family saw me stand for what’s right, she’s tears of fear and share in the hugs and embrace needed to get through this week of emotional roller coaster. This week I felt like exposed and vulernable as I was forced to put my beliefs on the line. I guess this makes me stronger as a father, husband and provider for my family but is this the measure of a man? I didn’t have to battle or hunt to provide but I had to stand for what was right and for what other fathers should be standing for. My family had to see me at a moment that challenges and forces a man to stand for what is right and to set and example for those he provides for. I hope that at the end of this week my girls see what a man should do for those he cares for and provides for and my son sees the shoes he will need to stand in one fay for himself. The lessons that we teach our children are not limited to those within the schools and this week was one of them. I hope they know what I sacrifice for what’s right, what’s just and what is necessary to keep this world headed in the right direction. To my family who witnessed this father on his knees crying, losing sleep for standing for what’s just and for leading them in their lives to be good providers….I love you and everything I do is for you. That is the role of this father of four and husband.