Comments on: Knowing Father

By: jackie

jackie — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 15:25:11 +0000

i thought your writing was very insightful, brooke. what a great compliment to your dad and what a great analogy. our parent’s, especially dad’s, our to image our Heavenly Father. jackie

By: courtneyb

courtneyb — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:38:54 +0000

Brooke
You are amazing. It made me reflect back on my dad and I had that same feeling of being a child and feeling his love. It makes me want to always be around him so I can feel that love and protection that I remember as a child. I hope my children have the same feelings about their dad as I do.
What a perfect article for this time of year, thanks!

By: Dwana Olsen

Dwana Olsen — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 16:52:55 +0000

Fathers day today, so it’s even more profound for me to read this, (finally, just one baby and I have zero time for myself) and think of how completely blessed I am Brooke. To have a best friend, life partner and co creator in your oldest brother, an amazing first son who is the most perfect crazy person I’ve ever met and an attachment to the honest, loyal, humble and loving spirit that is your dad, only a fool would take these for granted.
Your detail of the qualities in papa Bill touch my heart as I’m reminded of the father my husband has become. And even more like his father Bill as he baby steps his way through fatherhood for the first time. Truly an undeniable wisdom in an almighty God that spit up, no sleep, crying, crying, poopy diapers and more crying could call attention on how complete my life is.
I meditate on my daily givings and pray to Jehovah in reverence, awe and undeserved thankfulness for ALL that I have.
Thank you Brooke for being part of my blessings and I cheer you for honoring your father is such a reflective and public way. To Bill Olsen I say, thank you for choosing Cherin, choosing fatherhood and choosing to love me and mine. Your spirit is one to be remembered for eternity.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:25:58 +0000

thank you for the love!

i’m happy to read this ongoing discussion…

By: Lily

Lily — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:35:44 +0000

i didn’t grow up with “a father”. I was able to watch my husband become a father, and this whole business of parenting has given me experinces and some understanding of what our Father is heaven is. I mean, if I, just one little person, tucked away in a tiny corner of the world can love and hurt, and find such joy and heart ache in my children…
i am beginning understand how Heavenly Father loves and cares for me. and (the light bub clicks on…..) and that was part of the plan, all along.

By: Linda Palmer

Linda Palmer — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:59:42 +0000

Hi Brooke! This is truly a beautiful article you have written about your dad. How talented you are. I only remember you as a small child, but I can tell that you are an amazing daughter, mother and friend. I too know your dad and I can tell you that he really has a god-given temperament. He is so giving and kind and thinks of others all the time. He has been a really good friend to us and we cherish that friendship. “Thank you” for enlightening us on this subject and how it helps us relate to our Father In Heaven. You did a truly amazing job and I, for one, appreciate the reminder of how necessary and humbling it is to think about our Fathers in this way. Keep on writing. And Congratulations.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:42:54 +0000

I am Brooke’s earthly father. She is our 4th child……remembering back to when she was an infant, when i would hold her, even until she grew to the stage when she didn’t want to be held, the tears would well up. I couldn’t explain it then, only that somehow i was afraid she wouldn’t be mine to keep for very long. That she would be taken back to heaven, that we wouldn’t be allowed to keep her. She was just to pure to be here.
And now here I find myself, a grandfather to her three children. Our Heavenly Father is too good to me.
How blessed I have been to watch her grow into this lovely young woman who constantly keeps me in awe of her talent, and who so lovingly reminds us that we are indeed children of God.
I love you, my Brooke.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:04:23 +0000

Brooke,

You really have a way describing and defining the feelings we’ve all had as we’ve experienced the close family relationships of our lives. Your writing seems to take us straight to our original feelings again.

Thank you for the descriptions of your father and your memories of him when you were younger. I now have a picture in my mind of our Heavenly Father, watching over us all with strength, wisdom and gentle, loving concern for us as He “crinkles” the pages of the celestial newspaper He is reading, while His love stays strong and constant for us. This image helps to make Him that much more real to me.

What a transcendant and beautiful thing the love of a parent can be, especially when it takes on a divine nature, like your father’s love for you.

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:08:25 +0000

So well written Brooke. It is really thought provoking thinking about our relationships with our fathers here on this earth and relating that to our relationship with our Father in Heaven. It really helps me realize the importance of being a kind and loving parent. It helps me see that by doing so, our children will be more willing and comfortable to build a relationship with their Heavenly Father having been given the tiniest vision of what it feels like to be loved unconditionaly by a parent. Thank you for such a beautifully written post.

By: Heather H

Heather H — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 01:03:40 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to craft such beautiful sentiments. I have thought about that connection before and been grateful that in all the relationships we have on this earth we are able to learn more about our Heavenly Father. As we learn to care for, love, appreciate, and learn from others we begin to understand our connectedness to one another as His children.