Father's Day 2026

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I’m grateful to you, Dad
for the tough lessons you taught me –
to always be honest – especially within myself -
about my true motives and thoughts.
You never let me turn away
from harsh truths and
I learned to crave this thoroughness.
You helped me develop
xray vision
to see into inner and outer worlds.
I watched your deep wells of feelings
and how these crushed you.
But you held fast to being true.
You were passionate -
but this often switched
to being punitive.
I’m humbled to see that
now I’m the reprimanding one.
I can be so harsh, just like you.
So I work
to bring more compassion to myself
and others.
On this Father’s Day I recall
the mystery of you, Dad -
your mixture of
weeds and wheat.
I harvest one
and burn the other
for our
transformation.