Daddy of the Month!
Michael Thompson is our “Daddy of the Month!” Michael is a committed father and loves spending time with his two-year old son Kahleo. Below, Michael shares a little story with us:
I was in a conference today. The theme was children of generational poverty. One statement that stood out to me is that children of poverty live in darkness more then other children. We can all imagine why. Fear of what’s outside, an attempt to sleep or escape into video games or television. As a result, many such children’s eyesight becomes underdeveloped and by second or third grade they are experiencing difficulty reading and then are placed in special education. I was so saddened by this fact. Perhaps because I’m a special education teacher myself, so it is with joy that I can share such beauty as the ducks on Lake Tahoe with my son. My son is only two years old. But in his two brief years he has traveled the world with us. We have hiked the Sierra Nevada mountains, frolicked in the pacific ocean, walked across the vast empty beaches of New Zealand and strolled through the flower laden Swiss Alps. As you may notice, all these activities took place under the life-giving rays of the sun. We are not rich in dollars for I’m just a schoolteacher. But we are rich in time; time with our son, time to explore this beautiful world, time to have adventure together. I feel so blessed. For I personally work with so many children who have to raise themselves. This isn’t just a factor in poverty.
Today, I’m just grateful to be a dad, grateful to have the time to explore life with my son and watch him develop. This, I believe, is the greatest investment I can make.
