It’s Fathers Day Weekend, it’s also the first one since my dad passed away last August. I don’t mention this to garner any sympathy, sadly I didn’t have much of a relationship with my father. Things were cordial between us, but we just weren’t close, but it is different this year. I think I mourn the loss of a relationship with him more than the man if that makes any sense.
I know many of us didn’t grow up in the so-called “perfect” family, but thank God for stepdads or grandfathers, & countless others who stepped in and provided guidance that might have been lacking from the biological “dad”.
Fortunately in my family, my male role model was my grandfather Chuck. He was married to his wife and my grandmother Myrna for 62 years until her passing in 2003. He was a veteran and ran his own service station with the house behind the shop and he’d run back and forth all day (and likely night back in the day) with a big ol’ smile on his face. He worked hard and loved his family, which included my mother. I promised myself if I ever got a chance to have a family, I would do it right.
Flash forward to today. I’ve been married to Dawn for nearly 29 years (!!) and we have two wonderful kids Kristin & Jake. They’re funny, caring, compassionate and WAY more intelligent than their disc jockey parents! I could not be more proud to be their dad. As the book we used to read them said, “I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, as long as I’m living, my babies you’ll be.”
Happy Fathers Day!
