Happy Father's Day!

To all the Dads and Grandads out here, Happy Father's Day!

To all the men out here handling their business everyday,

To all the Dads trying to be and being good fathers to their sons,

To all the Dads trying to be and being good fathers to their daughters,

To all the Dads who may not be with the mother of their children anymore but are still trying with all their hearts and souls to do the right thing, even when the Mother blocks them,

To all the Dads who are good husbands to their wives,

To all the Dads who do everything they can to 'make that thing go smooth' no matter what craziness is going on around them or the family,

To all the Dads and Grandads that showed us as boys how to tie a tie, hook a worm, took us fishing, how to change a flat tire, how to put up our dukes and defend ourselves, how to remove a battery under the hood with a sidepost! ;)

To all the Dads and Grandads that gave us those special talks on life,

To all the Dads and Grandads that showed us how to save that money!

To all the Dads out here who told us how to handle those special events that happen in a young man's life that only an older man can tell you about,

To all the men from around the way that also helped raise us back in the 60s and 70 and 80s - Our barbers, our neighbors, the mailman, men in our communities that always had words of wisdom for us,

To all the Single Moms out here who had to be both Mommy and Daddy for their children when Dad wasn't around,

This one's for you,

Happy Father's Day!