jdmyprez_deo_vindice
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Something happened to me last night and this is the first I can even speak of it without getting a little choked up. I am the proud Father of three but lately I have not felt like a very good one. I have spent so much time working for this campaign, following this campaign, thinking about this campaign and trying to run my business on top of it that I have felt like a ghost in my own home. It is hard to be a dad, a business man, a husband and grassroots warrior all at once but somehow I manage to get it done. Like many of you, I was pacing last night, checking totals and trying to spread the word to anyone who would listen. I barely saw my kids at all and even missed a family dinner to try to help spread the word.
When my kids got home my oldest Son started getting ready for bed and we were preparing our nightly routine of giving "night night kisses" when he ran up to his room. I thought something was wrong and that maybe he felt I was ignoring him so I put my things down and ws about to head upstairs when he started coming down. He walked up to me and handed me his piggy bank and said:"Daddy, your friend Ron Paul can have my piggy bank fo christmas... you said he needs money more than we do and I want to help"
It was everything I could muster to not tear up right there. I cannot believe this little man that I helped create could be so selfless. So we opened his bank and poured out the coins on the table. We counted $49.93 in change and I wrote down the number and slid the piece of paper into my shirt pocket. We gathere up his money and I told him that he should hang onto his money because Daddy had a lot of friends who were also helping Ron Paul and I told him how proud I was of him. he gave me a big smile, a big hug and his "night night kiss" and went on up to bed where him Mom could tuck him in.
I admit that when he walked away I teared up. I could not help it! I have been so personally consumed with changing this country that I forgot that those kids of mine are my #1 reason for wanting to make this dream into a reality. I have already given a lot but I know I can give more and so I will.. for Ron Paul, for my Country and for my family.
So this December 25th after the presents under the tree are opened, I will be logging onto www.ronpaul2008.com once again and hitting that donation button. This time I will be giving $49.93 cents with visions of piggy banks dancing in my head. Merry Christmas Dr. Paul!
When my kids got home my oldest Son started getting ready for bed and we were preparing our nightly routine of giving "night night kisses" when he ran up to his room. I thought something was wrong and that maybe he felt I was ignoring him so I put my things down and ws about to head upstairs when he started coming down. He walked up to me and handed me his piggy bank and said:"Daddy, your friend Ron Paul can have my piggy bank fo christmas... you said he needs money more than we do and I want to help"
It was everything I could muster to not tear up right there. I cannot believe this little man that I helped create could be so selfless. So we opened his bank and poured out the coins on the table. We counted $49.93 in change and I wrote down the number and slid the piece of paper into my shirt pocket. We gathere up his money and I told him that he should hang onto his money because Daddy had a lot of friends who were also helping Ron Paul and I told him how proud I was of him. he gave me a big smile, a big hug and his "night night kiss" and went on up to bed where him Mom could tuck him in.
I admit that when he walked away I teared up. I could not help it! I have been so personally consumed with changing this country that I forgot that those kids of mine are my #1 reason for wanting to make this dream into a reality. I have already given a lot but I know I can give more and so I will.. for Ron Paul, for my Country and for my family.
So this December 25th after the presents under the tree are opened, I will be logging onto www.ronpaul2008.com once again and hitting that donation button. This time I will be giving $49.93 cents with visions of piggy banks dancing in my head. Merry Christmas Dr. Paul!
