Standing on the brink with dad

To all the fathers, to all the fatherly figures, who take a child to the brink of their own self discovery, and stand by them.....firm, constant, committed.

Who guide them to adulthood and their own journey.

 

To my dad.

You left us within a year of mom.

I can still see you sitting there quietly, so ill, with tears in your eyes. And saying "It's not for me. I know I'm going to be with your mother. I just hate to do this to you and your brother again"

What you "did" was love us.

Heroically.

Now you and mom live together in me. You are my compass.

 

So to all the heroes out there who love with that unwavering endurance, that unspoken depth......this day is for you.

Thank you.

 

Happy Father's Day. :-)

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