Father’s Day, which falls on June 20 this year, is a special celebration for many families. The Acevedo family: Deborah (front), Angelica (left), Virginia, Angel and Daniel. The children participated in an honorary 20th wedding anniversary ceremony for their parents in Florida two years ago.
Angel Acevedo
In 2007, he sacrificed a higher-paying job in a major city in Florida to move to Calhoun for his children.
“I was looking for a Seventh-day Adventist high school for my children. They had one close by in Orlando but I didn’t want to move to a big city,” Acevedo said. “The last thing I was going to do was send my 13-year-old to boarding school.”
Nestled behind the foothills of Calhoun, Acevedo found Georgia Cumberland Academy, a Seventh-day Adventist school, and knew Gordon County would be a good fit.
“Immediately the first thing I found was GCA. Wow! Two hundred students and boarding and right here,” he said.
“(It was) two weeks before school started, we interviewed and registered the kids and bought a house. Virginia went home and packed up the van and drove up here. School started that Monday,” he added.
The Acevedo family includes: Virginia, his wife, and children Daniel, 16, Deborah, 12, and Angelica, 13.
Taking control of his children’s education and providing them a comfortable home life are only a part of the foundation he has given them. This dad can cook, too.
“I do a good amount of cooking. I do a lot of exotic vegetable cooking,” he explained.
While he is a responsible provider, he’s a child at heart.
This past winter, Acevedo hopped up and down with delight as snow fell in Calhoun. After a long day at work, he turned his work day into a snow day with his kids.
And in the summer it’s trails and hiking.
“As with any good small town, we are closer to nature and we do a lot of camping backpack with the Pathfinder Club,” he said.
Memories like these are the reason Acevedo is glad he’s a pediatrician in Calhoun. The long hours can, however, interfere with his personal time with his family.
“My kids sometimes accuse me of caring for other kids more,” he admits.
Working full-time at All God’s Children Pediatrics, Acevedo is sometimes known as Dr. A or Dr. Avocado amongst youngsters, but his pivotal title is father.
And he takes to heart these four virtues — virtues — that he would prescribe to any man who wants to be a great dad and make it through fatherhood:
Be patient. Listen more. Talk less. Be loving.
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