Family, Family Matters, Love

Happy Father’s Day, 2024!

Lather.  Rinse.  Repeat: Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters, there is something which there are no words to express. So said Joseph Addison, seventeenth-century essayist,… Continue reading Happy Father’s Day, 2024!

Culture, Family, Love

Always My Dad–A Belated Fathers’ Day Post for 2023

It’s been 16 years since my father departed this earth, and I miss him every day.  Most days, I still chat with him, even now. (He can sometimes be quite helpful with advice for my life’s little projects and problems.  I’ve found that he’s not nearly as excitable as he once was, which can–on occasion–be… Continue reading Always My Dad–A Belated Fathers’ Day Post for 2023

Family, Family Matters, Love

Happy Fathers’ Day, 2023!

Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition; but to our daughters, there is something which there are no words to express. So said Joseph Addison, seventeenth-century essayist, playwright, and politician… Continue reading Happy Fathers’ Day, 2023!