A tribute to Dads

It’s Father’s Day tomorrow and I’ve been thinking about fatherhood and what is at its core. There is so much commercialism attached to these “days” now – “don’t forget Dad on Father’s Day with the latest and greatest and most expensive gadget/gift/item from the hardware store” – that I think it is easy to forget what the day is really about.

• Honouring the relationship between father and child.
• Honouring the lifelong bond between father and child – whether a dad has his children with him or not.
• Thanking dad for his work and effort and contribution and partnership.
• Helping kids to recognise, acknowledge and have fun with the special relationship they have with their dad.


In our home on Father’s Day this year we are so lucky to share the day with our eldest son (The Batsman – 2.5 years old) and our youngest (The Bowler – 3 weeks old). Having only so recently given birth by c-section, the shopping for Father’s Day has not been physically possible for me this year. The dad in this house (The Captain – 38 years old) found himself a little weather station he liked online and bought his own Father’s Day gift :) (He didn't mind at all!)
A nice little breakfast of egg and bacon pie and croissants is how our little cricket team will celebrate the morning. But mostly we will just be thinking about what the day is really about – dads and kids and love.


And you can’t get that from a new power drill.

PS: Especially thinking of Craig on this Father’s Day