5 years ago
As children we often see our parents as “godlike” beings. We expect impossible feats of daring, inhuman strength, and inexhaustible stamina. As a parent myself I now realize how unrealistic our expectations are as children. Sometimes we punished them harshly with tantrums, silences, and rebellion because they were not perfect. I was raised by a good man who to the best of his ability tried to be a good father, provider, and husband. My father is the blueprint for every man that I meet. Our fathers are human and often fall prey to the usual human frailties and are not superhuman at all. As a parent the love I have for my dad has evolved beyond love to respect. In hindsight I recognize how hard he worked, I can see the frustration and sometimes his pain, but I also see the effort. I know that he tried to always be a good father and sometimes he was met with mixed results.
Father’s Day is for men like my father, men who get up even when they are tired and beat down, men who put their children first even ahead of their own dreams, men who are constant in their kids lives despite not being their physically. Sometimes we can get caught up in the disappointment from men who do not embody fatherhood, but we cannot let them outshine the men in our lives who are Kings, Warriors, and our shields against the world! I have a daughter and her father has chosen to be absent from her life, so I understand the feeling of disappointment all too well. I wholeheartedly wish for her to know what it means to be a “Daddy’s Girlâ€!
We can still give our children that sense of fatherhood and belonging we can surround them with positive male energy. There are men in our lives who will love, support, and nurture them! They can be Granddads, Uncles, Cousins, Stepdads, and friends. There is no limit on love and biology is not a requirement. Biology does not make you a father, love does, and so does effort. Let’s leave our disappointments at the door let this day for for the men in our lives who exemplify and embody the essence of fatherhood.
#Black Fatherhood Matters
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