The Fathers Day Failure

Father’s Day is never properly celebrated in my house. I blame it on my mother who never had us do anything special for my father on Father’s Day. If he was lucky we didn’t make him take us to the riding club to and go swimming with us. Instead we would just tell him he could drop us off.

Consequently I did not make Carter do big things for her father on Father’s Day. Now my father is gone and Carter is not home so I am the only one around to celebrate for Russ, but he is not my father. So no card. No breakfast in bed. Instead he spent t the better part of the day on phone calls when I am sure he would rather have done other things.

On a normal Sunday I could cheer him up with a This Old House watch party, but the season is over so I don’t even have that for him. I did cook a little flounder for dinner and made artichokes, but nothing special.

I wish I could come up with a Father’s Day Jackpot that would make up for years of terrible Father’s Days. Maybe if I start now I can come up with a good idea for next year. But I realize we will be in the middle of wedding next year so it will be another overlooked Father’s Day.

For now I have to depend of Shay’s adoration of Russ to make him feel special. I just want him to know that I think he is a superior father as his only child turned out to be a great person, in spite of mistakes that might have been made by her mother.

Happy Father’s Day Russ. I’ll keep practicing and one day I’ll get it right.