father's day

to all the happily married fathers, devoted to wife and children in a happy home –
to all the single fathers, striving alone to meet the needs of their children –
to all the remarried fathers, parenting as best they can in the tumult of modern divorce law –
to all the widowed fathers, raising their children in the midst of loss –
to all the gay fathers, dedicated to their children despite a culture that questions the legitimacy of their parenthood –
to all the adoptive fathers, fostering a love no different from any other –
to all the fathers by marriage, navigating with love the uncertainty of step-parenthood –
to all fathers, of all kinds, in places –

Happy Father’s Day.