“Luke, I am Your Father” We all remember that famous phrase from Star Wars: “Luke, I am your Father”. We all know Darth Vader is in no way the greatest father figure to look up to, but, in the end, he did make the greatest sacrifice a father can make for his child. Putting himself in harm’s way to protect his child. There are three kinds of fathers in this world. The first is that dad that’s always there for you; the second, the one that is never there; and the third one who steps up to the plate and take on the challenge of being a step- father. Many people think being a father is an easy job. We all know that the mother has one of the hardest jobs seeing she is the one who carries the baby for nine months, and then has to go though many hours of labor and delivery. I agree this in itself is very magical and tough job, and I praise any mother who takes on that challenge. But we fathers also have our work cut out for us in the long run. We have to be a provider, a supporter, and a hero. Being a provider is the one of the toughest challenges we take on. We have to work to make sure there is a roof over our head, food on the table, and clothes to wear. Some fathers have to give up their dreams of the life they had envisioned. Fathers sometimes have to take on a jobs they don’t want to work at like picking up trash, or working at a dead end job with no room to advance to make sure we have good life. I sometimes have to work on the days there might be a game or play, even though we want nothing more in the world to be there and cheer you on or applaud your performance. We don’t do it because we don’t want to be there. We do it because
Baker 2 we have to. Some fathers are lucky enough to have the freedom in a job to take time off and be there. Some father choose not to be there for their children at all. Although, we are providers to make sure our