Father’s Day

Tomorrow is Father’s Day.  I love the fact that our culture celebrates fathers and sets aside one day to focus on the value of fathers and the impact that fathers have had in our lives.  We can’t do enough to enhance the importance of a father’s role in society and in the lives of their sons and daughters.  I have daughters so I know how a little girl can wrap a daddy right around her little finger.  I also have sons and know how much fun it is to have someone to train up to be a man.

 

I heard a radio host asking callers this week what they would like to say to their fathers.  They got lots of touching responses and it made me think about what I would like to say to my father if I could.  My Dad died when I was in the 6th grade.  He seemed fine when I went to bed that night and died of a heart attack before I woke up in the morning so I didn’t get any ‘last words’ to him.  It was sudden.  

 

So, what would I say to my Dad if I had a chance to tell him one thing?  I remember several years ago when Kathy and I went to a marriage enrichment seminar, there was a men’s breakout session and the speaker asked us to write down one thing that we would like to hear our fathers, whether living or dead, tell us.  That day, I decided that I would love to hear my Dad say that he was proud of me.  I think he would be.  As a matter of fact, I think he would be proud of all of his children.  One look that I do remember on my Dad’s face was that ‘proud Daddy look’ he had when all of us kids were playing the sports we loved.

 

But, what would I tell him?  I think I would want to tell him that he did a good job.  I would tell him that all of us kids, my brother and sister and I, are all well and that he has lots of grandchildren that are missing out on something because they didn’t get to meet him.  As I said above, I was young when he passed away so I don’t have lots of crystal clear memories of my Dad, but I do remember that he loved me and that I was important to him.  As a matter of fact, I think I’m probably a lot like him.

 

So, if your dad is alive, tell him that one thing that you would like to tell him while you can.  If he’s not alive, then I hope you have the good memories of him that I have of mine and that you, too, could tell him that he did a good job.  Enjoy your time with your dad today.