June 15, 2025: Happy Father's Day

I have reached the age where my friends who are without their parents greatly outnumber my friends who still have one or both of their parents.  That is what makes holidays like Father’s Day all the more sweet.

While I lost my mother almost 17 years ago to cancer, I am still fortunate enough to have my dad in my life.  The fact that he now lives in a house down the street from me, is just icing on the cake. He will be turning 89 later this summer, and is thankfully, in good health.

Father/daughter relationships are pretty amazing.  I see it not only through my own relationship with my dad, but through the relationship my husband and my daughter have, as well as through the relationships my son-in-law is building with my two sweet granddaughters. Fathers are our loudest cheerleaders and our biggest fans. They have such belief in us, that we are forced to believe in ourselves.

I will not get to spend Father’s Day with my dad today though, as my husband and I are away on vacation, but I will text and call him.

To all the fathers, uncles, husbands, brothers, step-dads, grandfathers, and bonus-dads out there, wishing you a day of joy.