The Father's Day Challenge
So one of my buddies asked me what I plan to do for Father’s Day. My automatic response was, “Chill on the couch, watch the U.S. Open and maybe a ballgame, and just relax.”
And why not? It’s the first week in the past two and a half months I don’t have lacrosse games to coach or other similar commitments.
Funny thing, though. Many of us fathers think we get a day off from fathering and parenting this Sunday—a day we have a built-in excuse to NOT father.
Shouldn’t be the opposite? Shouldn’t we make sure we plan time with our wives and kids to celebrate the whole fatherhood thing?
That’s my Father’s Day Challenge! Let’s all try to find a little time to get in the backyard with our kids…and play ball, chase ‘em around, run through a sprinkler. Anything that let’s us see, feel, and enjoy being a father. Life is short, and these memories will make a more lasting impression than taking a nap in the hammock.
It may be counterintuitive, but that’s exactly how Fathers Day should be spent….at least until the last U.S. Open group gets to the 17th tee!
Doug
