Dads Rule

"To dad from Max. U rule!"

Happy belated Father’s Day to every dad, step dad, granddad or anything in between, you know who you are! Even if you are the nice neighbor, teacher or coach that’s playing an important role in a kid’s life giving them that positive role model and support in lieu of a father that has maybe passed or is serving our country somewhere else, I mean you. Happy belated Father’s Day to all of you.

I never had much of a dad myself, there was a divorce, separation, and the usual story, at least back then, the era when joint custody was far from a norm but rather an exception as children were pretty much always deemed to be better off with their mothers. So, by the time he passed away over ten years ago, I really didn’t feel much anything else but sadness for the fact, I never got to know my father. I grew up okay, but it would have been nice to have a dad. I did have a step dad, but for multiple reasons he never really made to the hall of fame of fatherhood either.

I watch my own spouse, with our children, and I am beyond thankful for my kids to be able to have what I never had, a person whom they can trust and rely on. That goofy guy that has the best tickles that never gets tired of chasing them, showing them stupid tricks and standing up for them. A dad that they can trust with anything.

Dad's good with Xbox remotes, trains and... umm, spiders or maybe Christmas trees?

I know I am beyond blessed, but I married a guy that is always ready to step up, that I sincerely look up to myself, a man that sent our kids to school every single morning, and picked them up in the afternoon. A man whom spent all the non-school days and half days with our crew, whilst I was working in the Pulmonary Clinic. He never complained, and no, he was not a stay at home dad, he had a full-time job way more demanding than mine. He was there when I got sick. He was there when I went back to school – twice, but most importantly he is there for them. Not just a guy that shows up in the weekends for something fun, or for vacations. He has an active part in raising our children, as well as in their everyday lives. I will let you in on one of my darkest secrets, I’m not very good at brushing their teeth and without him their teeth might be falling out. Well, maybe they wouldn’t but I trust him to make sure they brush their teeth, and to be really, super honest, I will never forget that phone call from my kiddos dental office, the one when the dentist called to tell me my child had been to the dentist as she thought I probably did not know. I did know, but those were the days when I was always at work, and he was taking them to their dentist appointments amongst every other place. I was the mom that was often forgotten.

The world would be very different – and not in a good way – if there was only mother’s. At least in our family there would be a whole lot more safety and less risks of any kind. There would be dirtier teeth, no Xbox as I have no clue on how to make it work, and there would be less laughter, but most importantly they would have not watched the movie Hangover at age 7.

Yesterday was a celebration for dads. There were cards, and presents they had made at school. There was a cake picked by the boys as Mia still isn’t feeling well, and there were those Sunday morning mimosas. There was a celebration of something that really ought to be celebrated, all the top notch dads in the world! I hope you all had a great day yesterday!

This is how my sons envision their dad. Pretty cool, ha!