Fathers Day Reflections

Originally published at iam.anewlis. You can comment here or there.

So I was yet again in the throes of a collaborative effort with TGrundy and the crew, this time for a Fathers Day podcast.  I'd previously participated in themes for valentines day and mothers day ~ and have always enjoyed being a part of it, as well as the outcome.   However.  This time was extremely hard.

Don't get me wrong, I love my father - that is so cliche.  But, my relationship with him is not the greatest.  It never has been.  Hope one day it will be.  But for now, it's virtually non-existent.  So, trying to select a song that was reflective of my relationship with him was darn near impossible. It's not like he was/is a bad person.  I know in my heart he did the best he could do when my sister and I were growing up.  But that knowledge does not take away the sting of some things that happened and other things that didn't. Bottom line is.  I didn't have a very good example of what being a father is really all about.

But.

In my best Shug Avery voice ... "I's married nah'.  And although we've had many an up and down (and up and down and up and down... get the picture LOL) he has always been a phenomenal father!  Self sacrificing, thoughtful,  fair, etc., etc.  So in him, I've learned what being a father and a parent in general is all about.  So I celebrate him on fathers day.

I did manage to call my dad though.  He was very jovial and glad to hear from me even though we were both watching the Lakers take a whoppin' (though they narrowly reigned victorious).  It made me realize that I need to leave the past in the past, work on now, because the future is not promised.

Link: Color Him Father Collaborative Podcast