Inside My Mind

The annual homage to those who made our entry into the world possible is once again upon us. As I stated last year, a more appropriate day would be one honoring dads and not fathers.

Any male of reproductive age can be a father, which is only a sperm donor. It takes a special man to be a dad. A dad is someone who is more than just a mother's means of obtaining a child. A dad is an active, involved part of a child's life from birth to grave.

Fortunate or unfortunately, depending on perspective, often those men who have the role of dad are not the ones who provide the biological ingredient that resulted in our creation. As the song notes and should be played many times today, "I hope I'm half the man, he didn't have to be." The song of course is about a man who took on the responsibility of a young boy from another man. He didn't just marry the mother, but made a family for the boy and the mother.

But again for all those men who have remained supportive and a part of their child's life, a tip of the hat. It takes a real man to hang in there when the easy thing would be to disappear.

So to all the men out there who are "DADS" have a great and happy Fathers Day!