Happy Father’s Day
“Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad.” —Anne Geddes
“By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually has a son who thinks he’s wrong.” —Charles Wadsworth
“One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.” —George Herbert
One of the things I dislike about father’s day is the assumption that all fathers like tools, or steak, or ties. Google’s homepage today spells out Google in ties and bowties, and, oddly, something that looks like a stethoscope but may be those kinds of neck ornaments that Southern men often wear.
I have never bought my father a tool, or a tie, though I suppose we might have gone out for steak over the years. But the best way to honor Dad, of course, is to tell him how much he means to you. I want to honor all the fathers reading, but I also want to honor my dad for how he’s shaped me, influenced me, gifted me with traits and qualities and work ethic. These gifts are intangible, and I’ve found that even those times when I’ve felt angry at my dad, or frustrated with myself for being like my dad, I’ve also been able to step and marvel at the woman I’ve become of him.
Happy father’s day, Dad, and all dads!