Happy Father's Day

Fathers are very very different to Mothers.  The spelling for one... :D

While I can easily put myself into mom's shoes even if I do mothering from afar, I somehow cannot imagine how it is being a dad.  Well, for starters, I would like to imagine what the men are thinking when given the news that they will be a dad soon.  

Is it the same feeling as mine when I discovered the pregnancy?  Are they nervous, ecstatic, afraid or excited? When the child comes, what's their reaction?  While moms have special connection to their children the moment they are born, is it the same with fathers?

And when the children grow older, fathers poses to be the tough persona in the family.  I've had a not so good relation with my father, probably because we were so much alike that our personalities clashed.  Only later did I realize that.  I am sure that in time I will make peace with it.  I had already made peace with him.  It's just a bit more time to accept that I am truly his daughter and whether I like it or not I am more like him than not.

Just last week I read someone twit a message saying:  

Anyone can be a father but only special ones can be dad.

 It makes sense. Truly anyone any person can be a father in the biological sense but very few really truly become Dads.  

There may be a very very different world between fathers and mothers but whatever they are going through as a father or as a dad to their kids I wish you the best.  I hope your children will look at you with all the respect and love that you deserve.  That includes Andy's father too.