Before reading my blog take the time to read Donald Miller Blog post from a "Fatherless Generation" also known as "To own a dragon". http://donmilleris.com/2011/11/15/what-the-eisenhowers-knew/ . It will help you understand my post.
Donald Miller talks about how Dwight Eisenhower's family( story taking from "At ease: Stories I Tell to friends") instilled in him from a young age a since of worth. They found importance in not just the parents but also the kids of the family. Everyone had a role to fill. From a young age he felt needed in his family. He felt that if he was not a part of his family it could not function. This since of worth carried him all the way to White House. Anything he was a part of he felt could not function without him. Donald Miller talks about this usually only happening in a traditional family with both parents in the house.
This was not the type of family I grew up in. I grew up in a house with my mother and my sister Candice. From a young age I was allowed to ask questions without being told grownups are talking. They both laughed at my jokes. I believe I love counseling so much because they always listened and trusted my advice. At least it seemed that way at 7. That same since of worth that D. Eisenhower found I also found in my house. I don't know it had to do with just how amazing my mother was( she grew up in that Eisenhower type house) or it was mixed in with me being the only guy in the house. I felt like he did that if I were not in my family it could not function. It has carried me into everything I have been a part of in my life whether be my job or volunteering at church. I know that I am needed and have the ability to be great at what I do. Eisenhower's parents believed that that the world could be fixed of its problems if every child understood the necessity of their existence. I since I was a little boy I have felt the necessity of my existence. I know God has called me to do something special. And has allowed me to be able to do amazing things along the way in my short 25 years. As I struggle at times I find strength in knowing that it preparing me and molding me to fulfill what he has created me to do. I would not have that belief if he did not give me a mother that cares about me and believes in everything I do. And believed in me long before I ever truly believed in myself.
Thank you moma I am truly blessed. The necessity of your existence goes much further than me. You have touched so many people. Just know I love you and so thankful you found a necessity in me.
