Saturday, June 20, 2020

My 35th Father's Day

Reflecting the 35 Father's Days that are now like a blink of an eye, I'm drawn to one point in my life that being a father was put in the for front of a public gathering. During a company meeting with employees nationwide the company had hired the Great Kreskin to provide entertainment. Kreskin whose act was reading minds or seeing the future had everyone in the audience write down on slip of paper their name and their question. From the hundred or so slips of paper he pick mine and his answer was " Yes, and soon". I was then questioned by those that knew me " what was your question?"The question was " Are we going to have a baby and when?"

Five years of a very happy marriage but one of hope that the psychics predictions actually happened the following April 28,1985.

Fatherhood, has always been an unexplainable desire and need but unquestionably a fulfillment and joy in nurturing that life. The night of my beautiful daughters birth, I spent the night and early morning hours just staring into the nursery and watching this little girl with one thought, My life was no longer mine. I was responsible for this little girls future and what was I willing to do to secure it.

After 35 years , I'll  say thank you to my beautiful wife and now my grown up daughter for allowing you to be born and giving me the greatest gift , being a Father.