When my children were little and eagerly begged me to pick them up when I came home, they would repeat, “Hold me, Daddy,” which actually sounded like, “Ho’ me, Daddy.”<\/p>\n
Now, many decades later, I am very close to my wonderful border collie dog, Buddy.<\/p>\n
When I come home, and he is eagerly waiting for me at the gate, I hug him dearly and say, “I’m home, Buddy.”<\/p>\n
And so, that is how I’ve come from being a “HOMEY DADDY” to a “HOME BODY.”<\/p>\n
I still love being home—I am blessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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