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Happy Father’s Day
This is Sonny.
His real name was Charles but people called him Sonny. Like Sonny Bono that guy that was married to Cher. I tried to find a picture of my father and me and this is all I came up with. He died fairly young and I don’t have a lot of memories of him. What’s strange is I dug into an old photo album, pried this photo off of “definitely not acid free paper” and found that it read “Daddy’s Girl” on the back. I just do not remember being a Daddy’s girl, that’s for sure. It was like looking at someone else’s family album at that point.
So this is my photo documentary of me with my Father. I’m still certain I was adopted. Reference: Another MeMe - Have at it You Jackals Me on a tractor is further supporting evidence, for the record. I certainly don’t look as thought I’m enjoying the situation. How Eva Gabor of me.
So, many other men have stepped up to the plate to fill in when my Father was gone. If you’re a person with a Father that didn’t participate or couldn’t participate you’ll understand right away. If you aren’t neither you should know that many people step in and act as Father’s even when they don’t have to. I’ve been lucky to be blessed with many stand ins in my life.
Al Gorithm has taken the role of Father for my own twins when he didn’t have to. Their own Father was busy doing more important things. Al has suffered through cheerleading competitions, put curlers in little girl’s hair, built dioramas and even taught LumberJack how to shave. That boy has had a beard since 5th grade, so this was no easy feat. The twins were also lucky enough to have the guidance of a few other stand in Father’s, slash friends: Al G., Harry F., Ron C., Carey B., Vito P., Broker Bruce. The last three guys on that list call LumberJack every Thursday for lunch. Who does that? People from K-Dub, that’s who. They even drag Mini Me along once in a while just to keep her quiet. It truly takes a village.
So I thank all of the Father’s out there whether they’re biological or not. You’re probably more important than you know.
Happy Father’s Day Al Gorithm
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@CGriffith Its really hard to comment without getting PDS (Public Display of Sentimentality) all over your blog. So let me say Thanks for the Father’s Day Shout Out.
Remind me to talk about childhoods sometime, but you should realize that your son’s experience is so good, not only because you have great friends, but because his Mom is special & attracts a certain type of person. Happy F Day to you too therefore
Chris: There is nothing to add to what Bill has already said, I too suffe from PDS. Remarkable post!