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GOOD FATHERS ABOUND
Today is Good Father’s Day. Tomorrow is Good Father’s Day. Every day is Good Father’s Day.
Good fathers come in many forms and packages.
Here’s my toast to:
motherless fathers
fathers who’ve lost their children
fathers of sons, fathers of daughters
fathers whose children have been taken from them
fathers of mothers
fathers of grandmothers
absentee fathers
honorary fathers
mysterious fathers
fathers who are always there
poster fathers
flawed fathers
step fathers
adoptive fathers
bad-example-but-still-trying fathers
adopted fathers
fathers in name only
clueless fathers
clumsy fathers
fathers we wish we had known better
fathers we know only too well
highfalutin’ fathers
humble fathers
welfare fathers
imprisoned fathers
hugging fathers
distant and cool fathers
dream fathers
dreamy fathers
fathers we would give anything to see again
creative fathers
fathers who do what they can do, just for us
brilliant fathers
caretaker fathers
sacrificing fathers
storybook fathers
protective fathers
biological fathers
test-tube fathers
guardian fathers
only-in-their-imagination fathers
good-pal fathers
uplifting fathers
grandfathers
great grandfathers
fathers both great and grand
not-so-grand-but-still-trying fathers
foster fathers
stand-in fathers
well-meaning fathers
wanna-be fathers
to-be fathers
long-gone fathers
faraway fathers
gentle fathers
good example fathers
gay fathers
straight fathers
not-quite-sure fathers
surrogate fathers
trans fathers
black fathers
brown fathers
red fathers
pale pink fathers
pasty complexioned fathers
swarthy fathers
fathers we wish we had
fathers we wish we had back
fathers and grandfathers who serve as mothers
fathers on bail
disenfranchised fathers
hospitalized fathers
fathers in nursing homes
fathers who never ask for thanks
funny fathers
fun fathers
sad fathers
sacrificial fathers
attentive fathers
AND ESPECIALLY: fathers who always take the time
In a way, I love them all, these disparate good fathers, mainly because we never appreciate them enough and they never feel they give enough.
I just want them to know that I thought about them for a few special moments, that I wish them well for all they’ve done or hoped to do for us, their babies old and young
© 2018 A.D. by Jim Reed
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