Fathers Day?

I know that Fathers day is to honor dads, for what they mean to their kids, and families. I guess, I'll step up and take it like a man, (just trying to put some humor in it) but really it is so much more than just a day to honor dads isn't it. I think it is an honor just to be a dad, the challenge is showing your sons and daughters what it is like to love their mothers in a respectful way, and being responsible for the the needs and protection of the family.
Anyone can be a father, but it is the love and respect, that you display that the kids will remember, certain values go along with that, honestly, integrity, and compassion are among them.
Without honesty, how will the kids know how to treat others in life, will they say my dad loved me but wasn't honest, hopefully not. Be honest with your kids, your wife, and yourself, believe me all will know if your not.
Have Integrity, my dad always said if you borrow something make sure you return it in the same condition that you received it in. I witnessed a time that he borrowed a planter from a neighbor, while he was using it a piece broke, and it cost a lot of money to fix it. He could have taken it back to the neighbor and try to make out like all is well and hope the neighbor didn't notice, not my dad. He fixed it like it was his, when he was finished, he cleaned the planter up and took it back to the neighbor and didn't tell the neighbor that it broke, but he repaired better than when he received it, he thanked the neighbor for the use of the planter. Nothing else was said, but I knew the value of the lesson that I witnessed.
Compassion, is an emotion that is a sense of shared suffering, most often combined with a desire to alleviate or reduce the suffering of another. As I look at it my grandfather was a compassionate man, my grandmother had an affair, my mother was a result of it. My grandfather treated her as one of his own, maybe better, but he never made a difference in the children to where they would notice. Anyway his commitment to family has been an inspiration to me, it isn't always about the obvious it's the subtitle things in life that will make a difference. You don't have to wear a sign or yell it, just live it and others will notice.

By the way, Happy fathers day to the dads that make a difference, and the expectant fathers that will do the same.