Our family always gathers at my son’s home on Canada Day to celebrate the birthday of Vanessa (our oldest granddaughter). When Vanessa was little, I’m sure it seemed to her as if all those fireworks were just for her birthday. As Canadians, we have lots to celebrate. The travelling I’ve done in my life…
In our modern world it has become difficult to celebrate “Father’s Day”. After all, families come in many shapes and sizes. Some have children living with Mom and Dad living in another place. Some have two mom’s and no dad’s at all. To complicate matters even more, some dads are wonderful, and some are not….
Between the ages of two and eight, my middle son David, limited his diet to peanut butter and jam sandwiches plus an apple now and then. Trying to convince David to try anything else meant inciting total war between David and his dad. And when we accepted a dinner invitation, our childless friends were insulted…