Tai Anderson of Third Day (Live!) and Fathers Day Poem

Third Day – (Tai Anderson is Second from the Left)

Today we invited Tai Anderson from Third Day to the Show and he almost forgot about us.  It’s a good thing he remembered because we got to talk to him about being a Dad, and got some insight on the early days of Third Day. 

 

BTW… do you want to see what Third Day looked like before Mac Powell gained his Goatee Super Powers?

Because you asked for it here is the poem Johnny Stone read on the air this morning:

Here’s to the Fathers

Here’s to the fathers, who always begin,
on the outside of children, but looking in.
Such curious men snapping cameras like mad,
recording the moment, they turn into “Dad.”
Here’s to the fathers, who put in their time,
who don’t say to mother’s that’s your job, not mine.
Who wipe chins and noses and never say “won’t”
who do with the diapers, what some fathers don’t.

 

 

 

They mend broken dolls and fix broken wheels,
they cringe when their daughters, try their first pair of heels.
They reach in their pockets, but never keep count,
they pay dear for parenthood awful amounts
They postpone their plans to sail across seas,
instead they sing “Barney” and bandage skinned knees.
Here’s to the fathers who miss on promotions,
who forego the bonus for birthday commotions.
Who come home from work and a boss they don’t like
pull in the drive…. and run over a bike.

Here’s to the fathers who get off the phone,
to hear their sons practice their new saxaphone
Who leave work to see their daughter’s recital
Here’s to the heroes who work without title.
So here’s to the fathers who won’t compromise
who see a light shining in their children’s eyes
And feel a rare glow as if from a gem
and know that once someone saw this glow in them.

For all the good boys they have raised in the world
for all the examples they set for their girls
For all the loved children whose stories they’ll tell
Here’s to the father’s that taught them so well.

 

 

Tags: Tai Anderson, Third Day

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