Hello Friend,
Tomorrow is Father’s day. My dad died over twenty years ago and yet I ponder: “What pile does my dad fit into?” I didn’t have that father-daughter relationship of which sappy movies are made. He was a World War II veteran who made a difficult transition into family life. While he never talked of his war experience till very late in life, clearly as a young man seeing his best friend blown to pieces right in front of him and slaughtering the enemy would leave a haunting impact on his soul. Not one to display any emotion, he was stoic and unavailable. Yet, I believe he did his best and isn’t that about all we can ask of others. I was reading a favorite blog and saw this picture. I really believe to my core that it is time to stop sorting people. We are humans making our way through a complicated existence called life. We are going to make mistakes. We are all going to fail others and ourselves. But we also have our good days when we are loving and kind. Let’s extend grace to our dad’s tomorrow. And then, accept God’s grace for ourselves. No relationship is without its hiccups. Acceptance of “what is” and not wishing otherwise brings a great sense of inner peace. Praising God for all Father’s today, Linda