An imperative here to all Fathers, currently active or past duty: Seize The Day!
It's true that Mother's Day gets most of the Love, since who really doesn't love and cherish their Mother, but Father's Day should be a prime date on the family calendar too.
This is especially important to those of you still in the hectic years of your child's grade schooling, athletics, and general around-the-house antics. You need this Day as a break.
For the rest of us whose active Fathering have resolved to giving sage advice and money as needed, this Day should be one of recognition, and if there is any justice, a little Thanks too.
And if you have completed your Fathering successfully and your kids have flown the coop and moved so far away you rarely see them; or they are the ones sending you sage advice and money, use today to pat yourself on the back for a fine job done.
If you are not a Father yet, then spend today appreciating your Dad (those Dad's whose kids are also Fathers should cut them a little slack).
Dads are a little harder than Moms for their kids to love so unreservedly, at least over the short term. That may because we are still often the 'enforcers' in the family. Even if it may be us telling the kid's 'What Until Your Mother Gets Home', we end up meeting out most of the bad news, anyway. Biological inertia of the species, I assume.
What you do with your time today isn't really important, except that it should be absolutely, positively free of required chores. Even the slightest hint of a honey-do or daddy-please should be ignored like the breach of etiquette that it is.
As I write this, it is just after 1pm on the West Coast of the US. Wherever you are, if you haven't seized this day yet, Get Cracking!
It's true that Mother's Day gets most of the Love, since who really doesn't love and cherish their Mother, but Father's Day should be a prime date on the family calendar too.
This is especially important to those of you still in the hectic years of your child's grade schooling, athletics, and general around-the-house antics. You need this Day as a break.
For the rest of us whose active Fathering have resolved to giving sage advice and money as needed, this Day should be one of recognition, and if there is any justice, a little Thanks too.
And if you have completed your Fathering successfully and your kids have flown the coop and moved so far away you rarely see them; or they are the ones sending you sage advice and money, use today to pat yourself on the back for a fine job done.
If you are not a Father yet, then spend today appreciating your Dad (those Dad's whose kids are also Fathers should cut them a little slack).
Dads are a little harder than Moms for their kids to love so unreservedly, at least over the short term. That may because we are still often the 'enforcers' in the family. Even if it may be us telling the kid's 'What Until Your Mother Gets Home', we end up meeting out most of the bad news, anyway. Biological inertia of the species, I assume.
What you do with your time today isn't really important, except that it should be absolutely, positively free of required chores. Even the slightest hint of a honey-do or daddy-please should be ignored like the breach of etiquette that it is.
As I write this, it is just after 1pm on the West Coast of the US. Wherever you are, if you haven't seized this day yet, Get Cracking!
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