Fathers Day

One thing about Fathers Day is the joy of knowing your children are doing well! Living so far away from them is difficult, but today we are able to communicate so much easier than years ago, which means we are never really out of touch. I take great joy in reading the blogs my daughter and son write and also my daughter in law's funny comments on hers.

It was nice to read that both Melanie and Nathan think highly of me. I know my own Dad took delight in receiving a call from my brothers or myself on special days and wish that I had been able to tell him more often about how I appreciated his hard work to provide for us.

Sometimes being a parent we wonder whether we have been good enough as no one is more aware of our failings than we are ourself, yet if we have tried to love our children to the best of our ability it comes back to us later with their love to us. Just the simple statement that I am their hero is such a wonderful thing to me. It means so much!


I think that having had the privelege of being a father and now a grandfather has been a wonderful journey. I am truly blessed by the children I have and love them both dearly. I have been blessed also by the partners they have chosen in life who have given me seven wonderful grandchildren. I look forward to my retirement so I will be able to spend more time with them all as I am able to!