NBFamilies: Ladybug Dad, I salute you!

The screen shots you are seeing in this blog are from a text conversation my wife and I had with our daughter and son-in-law. It happened yesterday.

My daughter sent me a funny text about her husband Kyle. He chose to wear a Lady Bug costume to his work party because all of the other costumes were still in storage. His wife, my daughter Julie, had been laughing all day at the thought of her husband wearing a Lady Bug costume to his office party.

But I want to defend his high and noble choice to be a ladybug this day! When a man chooses to sacrifice his comfort, his reputation, and his imagined sense of coolness for his new identity as a father, he becomes a better man.

When a man chooses to allow his daughter to paint his toenails he becomes a better man.
When a man chooses to wield a plastic ninja sword and fight villains with his son, he becomes a better man.
When a man chooses to sit in the floor and have imaginary tea at an imaginary tea party with his daughter he becomes a better man.
When a man chooses to wear a costume in the street as he follows his kids when they’re trick-or-treating because they want him to he becomes a better man.
When a man chooses to pretend he doesn’t know where his kids are hiding as he searches for them during a game of hide-and-go-seek he becomes a better man.
When a man chooses to allow his daughter to put make-up on him he becomes a better man.
When a man chooses to play the Candy-Man, or Strawberry-shortcake, or Rainbow-bright, or any other mind numbing children’s board games he becomes a better man.

I hope your getting the picture here. I want to repeat it here, “When a man chooses to sacrifice his comfort, his reputation, and his imagined sense of coolness for his new identity as a father, he becomes a better man!”