Delighted Motherhood

Daddy and the Doorknob | A Father's Day Story

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In honor of Father's Day, listen in for a slightly exaggerated but hilarious story about the Magic of Sleepy Ridge.

When a disgruntled doorknob decides he's done being taken for granted, Mom and the kids are trapped outside. There's only one person who can rescue them: Dad.

This story is my reflection of the everyday faithfulness of my dear husband. Often, I can get caught up with everything I'm doing and forget the quiet ways James serves, leads, protects and provides for our family. 

"Sometimes the things and the people that matter most to us we can simply take for granted. Like having a Dad who is funny and kind, adventurous and responsible, and who is willing to stop what he is doing in the middle of a busy fall workday to trudge up the stairs and free his family from exile from the Sunroom. So the next time you turn a doorknob, move freely throughout the country without fear of execution or arrest, or walk into your Dad’s basement office, remember that these are some pretty remarkable things. True gifts from God. 

Doorknobs.

Democracy.

Dad.

So don’t take them for granted."