What's Really Happy about Father's Day?
I can tell you what makes me happiest as a father, hands down without second thoughts. It's looking over your shoulder and catching the joy of your child.
Will decided to join me for my Maine retreat. It's a time of annual renewal, prayer, and intense writing. One early morning, around 5am, he snuck down to the dock to fish. In the morning sunrise, I saw his shadow, a double image in the water. The joy was twofold to see him catch the special joy I have for fishing, but realizing he'd grown a whole new life, bigger than life itself.
This Father's Day 2012, we will celebrate a double day--as he expects his first child in August. Then he shall truly know joy.
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