What feelings arise on Father’s Day?

Watching the world wake up invigorates me. Do you marvel at sunrises? The photo and video are from our romantic anniversary staycation. Listening to undulating waves brings me back to the feeling of my husband’s warm chest as I leaned against it. 

So why am I sharing this beach sunrise today? Intense emotions nudged me awake Friday morning, which perhaps spilled from dreamtime into the daylight. So I stayed in bed a bit longer–clarity often comes with stillness and silence. Then I wrote and wrote to explore what prompted the feelings.

I know how lucky I am. My husband is loyal, loving, supportive, passionate, and present. He’s an amazing dad to our children and is all I’d dreamed of as a young girl. My head buried in fiction books, I imagined meeting a man who accepted not just me–no matter what size or stage–but also the family we would create.

I hoped that I would marry my best friend, we would have kids, and he’d love them unconditionally. Gratitude doesn’t begin to express how I feel about the love of my life, who is both a father and a dad.

I also know that Sunday is a trigger for so many of us. There are fathers who are alive but inaccessible or abusive. Fathers who have loved and lived but have passed away. And then there are also those who are biologically fathers but not dads. I wrote about this a few years ago.

You can read it here => https://dara-8453.medium.com/dads-and-fathers-are-they-the-same-e7a285fabb39

As you listen to the waves, I hope this soothes your heart and feels like a hug. Sending love to ALL.

How do you feel about Father’s Day? What does it mean for you?