Happy Fathers' Day to my dad -- far beyond happiness or sadness since Sept. 7, 1991. I miss him still, and wish he could see what a fine crop of grandchildren he has.
Happy Fathers' Day to my daughter's father --far beyond happiness or sadness since January 7, 2009. I had an acute attack of missing him last night. He would be so proud of the way his children have been conducting themselves in the last five months.
Happy Fathers' Day to my older stepson, Drummer Man. He is a fine father and an upstanding young man.
Happy Fathers' Day to my younger stepson, Scholar Man. He too is a fine father and an upstanding young man.
Happy Fathers' Day to Doc Rob, who has written
a lovely essay on fathering:
And that’s why we honor fathers on this day. The fathers who have entered into relationship with their child have done so by choice, and so are choosing the child’s needs over their own. Children clearly crave relationship with their father and get different things out of it than they do out of their relationships with mom. In that sense, fathering is a gift given by the father to the child. On Father’s Day we honor that gift.
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