Father's Day
For you, To the one I learn from
The quiet pride of
being your father
Every day with you is a lesson I never asked for but needed.
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In the details
The alarm clock ritual
You set the alarm for six, but you wake at five-forty because you always do. The coffee maker gurgles before the sun thinks about rising. You pack the lunch with the same exact fold of the foil, the same apple, the same note. It is not about the routine. It is about the silence you keep while the rest of the world waits. I have memorized that silence. It is my favorite sound.
Three observations for the occasion
Said out loud
The words we don't say
Here is to your hard hands and your softer heart. Here is to the way you fix the sink with a wrench and fix me with just a look. You never said 'I am proud of you' out loud, but you did when you let me drive your truck past the gate. You showed me patience in the long walk after dinner. If I am any part of the person I am, it is because you built the foundation with your quiet. I drink the cold tea from the mug you left here. I clink it to your memory tonight.
The quiet pride of being your father
Thank you for the endless, quiet pattern.