Of all the holidays and "national whatever days," I think some of the best are the ones that celebrate our parents. The reasons we have life, our backbone, our support system, our number one fans. Fathers specifically. They coach you, they guide you, the give you tough love whether you like it or not; there's no other man quite like a father.
They say a dad is a daughter's first love. They also say girls typically fall for guys like their fathers. I don't know who "they" are, but they seem to have all the answers. If I marry a man like my dad, I'll be quite alright in life.
He'll be wise beyond belief. I don't know anyone who has life more figured out than my dad. When anything seems to go wrong, he has the answers. When he just wants to tell you a story from his past, there's some kind of lesson involved. That lesson could very well be serious and about life or maybe just one relating to beer, both of which are very important I might add.
He'll be a hard worker. He'll work hard at his job no matter what it may be. A teacher, a doctor, a taxi driver, and car salesman, maybe a police officer, he'll never be lazy when it comes to his job. He'll work hard at home too. In the yard, with his kids, in the house. It doesn't matter what it is he'll be doing, he'll be putting everything he has into it.
He'll be a family man. And to whatever family we may have. Maybe he'll coach our kids' sports teams, or we'll go have lunch with his mom once a week. Maybe he'll be best friends with my brothers, maybe he'll watch Sunday football at my parents' house. No matter what the dynamic, a family man for sure.
He'll put others first. If he has a long to-do list, if he has prior obligations, if he has to completely rearrange his schedule, if someone else is calling him for help, he'll be there without question.
He'll always make you laugh. From old jokes to making fun of new things to remembering something stupid that happened years ago, you can always count on laughing with him.
He will love you unconditionally. If you did something wrong and need his support, you have it. If you two got into an argument, it was probably for your well-being. If you think you have no one to confide in, think again. Unconditionally means unconditionally, and he knows that.
So if the saying is true, I'm going to marry someone like my dad, I think I'll be in good shape. We may get caught up in life and not always show how much we appreciate our dads' and all that they do for us and all the great qualities they share with us, but it doesn't mean we don't.
To you dad, another Father's day celebrating the greatness that you are. I can't give you back the world right now, but with the support and motivation you've given me over the years, hopefully, one day I can.
Alright, alright. Enough with the sappiness. Everyone go pound a beer with your old man.
