As an author, I have often created characters in a father
role. In certain of my books, the father
is described after his death. In Playing the Baseball Card, the protagonist
describes his father as a man who ‘made sure that his children were the most
important part of his life.’
In Aiden’s Arrival: Honor Before Gold, a now-grown son
describes a man who assumed a father’s role by marrying a women with two young
children. “None of us; my mother, my
sister, my nephew, my niece; were related to our father and grandfather by
blood, but that didn’t matter to him. He
showed us, by his example, that family is about loving people, and caring about
people, and living together in a supportive way. Not always in harmony, but always caring
about your family more than anything else.
He lived that kind of life, and today we carry on with that legacy.”
In Zac and the Reluctant Prince, Book 1 of the Prince David series, the father is described this
way: “The example of his life teaches us
the lessons of responsibility, obligation, commitment, dedication, loyalty, patriotism
and also compassion. In his life, he
strove to be the best son he could be, the best husband he could be, the best
father he could be, the best officer he could be, and the best man he could be.”
If you know your father, what do you think of him? If you
knew your father, how do you remember him?
I believe a real father is one who looks into the eyes of
his children, and says to them, “My life improved the day you came into my
life, and my life gets better every day that you are still in my life.” I also believe a real father is the kind of role
model I’ve described in the excerpts from my books, above.
If you have the chance to be a father, or if you are a
father, how do you want to be remembered?
To all fathers, everywhere, Happy Fathers’ Day.
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