Tuesday, June 17, 2014

A Fathers' Day Reflection

This weekend, with the arrival of the third Sunday in June, we celebrate Fathers' Day - an opportunity to express appreciation and admiration to the men in our lives who fathered us, both biological fathers and surrogates or other father-figures. While the range of experiences that people have had, or not had, with fathers that have been there, not been there, filled in for absent fathers or those that have passed away, the reality is that few people are truly indifferent to what is celebrated on Fathers' Day. Fathers are just that important. Present or absent, the impact of fathers is very real nonetheless.

While much could and has been said on the role of fathers I'll touch on one in particular following the break.