Happy Father's Day
"Fathers, like mothers, are not born. Men grow into fathers and fathering is a very important stage in their development."
~ David Gottesman
Father's Day is not a big holiday for me. I've never known my birth-father and my adoptive father died when I was two-and-a-half years old.
When my kids were little, it was a lot of fun picking out presents with them for their dad and celebrating the day. I was lucky, also, to have two very special fathers-in-law, who made every day special. Now that they have passed, it's become just another Sunday for me.
"It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by this time, I have found several and dearly enjoyed knowing them all."
~ Alice Walker
Mark has several kids; two in Arizona. But, today, we're in the middle of moving and it will be a long tiring day. Hopefully, Mark will hear from his kids between trips between apartments. Either way, it won't feel like much of a holiday.
"When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years."
~ Mark Twain
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Jules
