Father's Day
It doesn't matter who my father was...
Celebrating Father's Day it is important not only to honor our own fathers, but theirs as well.
Being a Father is as significant a responsibility as it is a gift. Children rely on their fathers for protection, resources, and safety so that they can survive and grow strong enough to join society. Everyone knows this.
What is less often discussed or thought about is the weight of that responsibility and the challenges it brings. Always on guard, feelings of inadequacy and failure, anxiety of uncertain futures, and how they will navigate the stress and challenges required to keep their loved ones fed and safe - all of it is theirs to carry alone so their children are protected from the stress and nastiness of real life until the time comes for them to carry a shield of their own.
Think of how many times your own father and his must have felt the weight of depression, anxiety, inadequacy, and loneliness in this journey but didn't give up - because here you are.
Generations of kings in your line who didn't give up! Almost all you can never know in life, only in your heart as you share it by blood.
How many dark moments in your own family history that you'll never know about had to be overcome for you to be here now?
We often ruminate on our own struggles, but remember, it has all been beaten before and in worse circumstances by men just like you, in your own family history.
The love for our family and people is our greatest power that enables us to endure and fight on. It's the only sufficient motivator when money, praise, and material things fall short. We are all flawed, but as long as we love our people, we will never give up. No father gives up on his children while he's still alive and should never give up on himself - his father wouldn't.
Even if your own father sucked, somewhere down the line, maybe long gone now, was a man that wanted YOU to win and did everything he could in his time to that end. Honor him and make the family comeback story.
Hail and salute to all of those men who carried the weight in the past, those who do it now, and those who must in the future.
You don’t have to be the best - just give your best. It is a heavy job, but the most worthy, real, and sacred any man can ever have.
"It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was"
- JM
My family including myself have been military back 5 or 6 generations. Some of them attended the wars, some not but had other important jobs to help support the wars. I am thankful for the father, grandfather, great great grandfather before me that allowed me to be in this world. Dad's are important for sure. Thank you Jeremy for saying this!!!!
It is so important to be a father. The leftist movement tries to undermine fathers in so many way, so when real men rightfully do the right things for their families we must show our appreciation.