This is one of my favourite quotations of all time by Abraham Lincoln: "In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
True enough, as parents, we are always striving to add life into our kids' years, hoping that we have instill strong values, a tenacity to fight life's adversities, independence and confidence, love, compassion and passion in them.
Hubby is not good with his words, but he is a wise man. He knows the kind of father he wants to be to his kids and it shows through his parenting style. He is a doting father and never fails to lament how fast his kids grow up and how much he wants to be there when they are growing up. He envisions that his kids will grow up to be strong and talented individuals. When that happens, he hopes that they will look back fondly at their childhood and realized how much he has been present and how much he has added life to their years, just as much as they had added to his.
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