Happy Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day to all who are celebrating today, and my heart goes out to all of those who recognize this day, to remember their Fathers, no longer with them, and for those, who through no fault of their own are kept apart. At one point, I checked off all three of those boxes, so I understand all the emotions involved.
As a Dad of two amazing daughters, this is my day, bigger for me than Christmas, birthday, even my once favorite Halloween. But the biggest part of my life, my legacy if you will, is having made the decision, to be responsible for two children, to teach them values, morals, right from wrong, all the while making sure they learned in school, and became responsible adults. Of course, as you know reading “Paul’s Heart”, this has not been easy with the variety of health issues I have faced as a cancer survivor. But this I know, I do not take any day for granted, and I celebrate every new day that I get with my daughters.
But as I said, I checked off more than one box when it comes to today. I lost my Dad to lung cancer eleven years ago, he was just ten years older than I am now. He was not alive to see what I went through as a Dad dealing with the family courts in regard to the relationships with my daughters. Of all the things unresolved with my father (my parents divorced when I was three years old), my Dad was only aware of the beginning of my own divorce and custody fight, as that was when he was just diagnosed. I could not throw this issue on him, while I dealt with both simultaneously. I am hoping, that my Dad is looking down on me and his granddaughters, and seeing how well things turned out with the my daughters and I.
The link above is for a performance for a special piece that I wrote in tribute to my Dad.
However you are recognizing today, I hope it is a good day for you.
Paul's Heart 