ITL038 : How to Make Father's Day Truly Special
In the Loop with Andy Andrews
Matt Lempert
4.9 • 614 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2012
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
Andy talks about the best thing kids can do for their dads on Father’s Day, and the best thing dads can do for their kids.
A.T. asks Andy: “What is Father’s Day like for you since you lost your father at a young age?”
· It’s odd to Andy that his wife and kids never knew his dad.
· Andy makes an effort to look at Adam and Austin and see the good qualities his dad possessed that they also have.
· Instead of getting sad about his dad being gone, he focuses on talking to the boys about a legacy and a thought process that he is trying to pass down to them so they can continue the family’s traditions, attitudes, and qualities.
How can we take care of dad’s in a unique way on Father’s Day?
· For kids—get a nice box and make it into a treasure chest of sorts.
· Write a letter to your dad about what this treasure chest is. Tell him about the qualities he has that you want to have in your life. Honor him with the letter.
· Ask him: What do you think about? What is important for me?
· Dads—you will take this box and create a treasure chest for your child. On the top, you will put the date when your child can take possession of the treasure chest.
· Dads will put a book in there that will be important to their child. Write why it will be important to them in the front of the book. Fill it with books that have been important to you. Fill it with things that have been important to you and things that have reminded you of your child.
· Handwriting is important. Seeing a parent’s handwriting gives your child a special connection.
You don’t just leave a legacy for your kids. You build a legacy, and then you leave it.
· We need to be intentional about the legacy we are building.
· What can you begin building today to leave for your kids?
Questions for Listeners
· Have you made a “treasure chest” for your kids? We would love to hear about it and see it! Contact us to tell us the story and/or send pictures.
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o E-Mail: InTheLoop@AndyAndrews.com
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to In the Loop with Andy Andrews, a unique opportunity to see life from a different |
| 0:07.7 | perspective with New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews. Now here's your host, Andy Trob. |
| 0:15.5 | Hello friends, and welcome back to In the Loop where Andy Andrews shares powerful and simple principles |
| 0:19.7 | that once applied will change |
| 0:21.1 | your life forever. On today's show, we're going to be discussing Father's Day, which is coming |
| 0:26.0 | quickly, and we appreciate you taking some time to hang out with us today, so let's get going. |
| 0:30.4 | Andy Andrews, how are you, my friend? Doing great, man. I appreciate you being here, AT, and I'm |
| 0:35.8 | excited about this topic. Well, it's a universal one,, AT, and I'm excited about this topic. |
| 0:42.4 | Well, it's a universal one, you know, and it applies to me now. |
| 0:44.1 | So this is going to be my selfish episode. |
| 0:47.0 | So this is about Father's Day. |
| 0:53.2 | And I want to start off with, I guess, your perspective, because one of the things that is difficult is when you talk |
| 0:54.8 | about a topic and you assume it's great news for everyone, like Mother's Day for a long time |
| 0:58.6 | was a struggle for my wife because we had trouble conceiving, right? And so Father's Day can be |
| 1:03.4 | hard for some people because they either didn't have a great relationship with their father. |
| 1:08.0 | Some didn't know their father or, like like you lost her father at a young age. |
| 1:11.6 | So I wanted to start off sort of approaching it from that perspective. What's father's like for you |
| 1:17.4 | since your father passed away when you were really just coming into adulthood? |
| 1:21.2 | You know, I'm always trying to look at, you know, what can I learn from a certain thing or |
| 1:26.7 | what can I become from a certain thing or what can I become |
| 1:27.7 | from a certain thing. And that's not an automatic thought process with me. It's something |
| 1:32.8 | that I have had to train myself to do and something I continue to struggle with. Because I'm |
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