FATHERS

     A salute to all of the good fathers out there! Thank you for being loving and encouraging, patient, and supportive. Thank you for your guidance and your groundedness, your broad shoulders, and your ability to forgive the foolishness of youth.
     Let's celebrate the nobility and generosity of good fathers, with their twinkling humor, and their kind hearts! And to all of those fathers who are not so kind and forgiving, and those who have abandoned their children, and abused them, and been less than generous, let's feel grateful anyway. We thank you for the gift of life!
     Blessings to all the fathers of the world! We celebrate you! We accept and appreciate you for all that you are, and all that you are not.

I am grateful for my father in spite of his shortcomings. I have shortcomings of my own.