It’s Father’s Day! Time to celebrate fathers near and far. My family celebrated by going to a steakhouse last night and it was wonderful. We waited on a table for an hour and had that time to enjoy each other’s company. The steaks were good, but the camaraderie was better. My grandson and his fiancé were there talking weddings while we all stuffed our faces with food.

Today, it is just me and my husband to do whatever he wants to do on his special day.

My father and father-in-law are both gone and the family is not as big as it used to be. We don’t have any great-grandchildren. But we are family.

I wanted to buy my husband a new grill for a father’s day gift, but he is happy with the old. Maybe the bottom will fall out of it and he’ll eventually have to have a new one. But he said no. I have no ideas for a gift so it will be the gift of time instead of something that fits into a box. The gift of presence, not presents. We have enough stuff.

I hope you have a great father’s day. I hope your father, or the person who acted as your father, feels celebrated. Fatherhood isn’t an easy task sometime, but it’s rewarding. I can say that with confidence being a parent. Parenthood though sometimes thrust upon you, is the best thing you will ever do, but that is Another Story for another Time.

What are you reading/writing/creating this week?