{"id":12633,"date":"2019-10-29T16:21:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T20:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/2019\/10\/29\/thank-you-kids\/"},"modified":"2021-04-25T09:47:22","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T13:47:22","slug":"thank-you-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mentordiscoverinspire.org\/thank-you-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank You Kids"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Chris Christopher<\/strong>\nMDI Contributor<\/strong><\/pre>\n\n\n\nAt first this started as a piece of gratitude for Colin – a “thank you son” – but I realize I can not talk about one without the other so here you go. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the past 26 years I have traveled on a journey as a father of a son Colin, and for 25 of those years as father of a daughter as well. I am blessed with two remarkable children. They both worked hard to become educated, they both have responsible jobs. They consistently reach out to their parents and they come home to visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My son lives nearby and we see each other pretty consistently. Not long ago he joined my men\u2019s team and in October he successfully completed the men\u2019s weekend. I have the luxury of being a father and having a great friend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have high hopes for both of my children. I have hopes for grandchildren. I am confident that in the not so distant future they are both up to that part of their journey. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A wise man once promised me that children bring joy into a man\u2019s life. He was right! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
God bless them both. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chris Christopher MDI Contributor At first this started as a piece of gratitude for Colin – a “thank you son” – but I realize I can not talk about one without the other so here you go. For the past 26 years I have traveled on a journey as a father of a son Colin, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gratitude"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Thank You Kids - MDI - Mentoring men to live with excellence - Men's Teams<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n