Father’s Day
Posted by lynnontop on June 22, 2009
Yesterday was Father’s Day. My Dad’s been dead a number of years now, so Father’s Day is a bye for me. I sometimes think about my Dad on Father’s Day, but usually the day passes largely unnoticed.
This year, I noticed it. Radio personalities mentioning father’s day and what would be happening in their families. Ads for it on t.v. References to what the weather was going to be like on the day.
Since parenthood is looming for me, I’ve been wondering (and have often been asked) what parent name will be used for me (Mom, mamma, ?). And I have wondered if I’d share Mother’s Day with S or claim Father’s Day – justifying it as the day to celebrate the parent who didn’t carry the baby. Plus, there are sales on some excellent gadgets for Father’s Day.
But listening to all the pre-Father’s Day commentary this year, I don’t feel a bond to the festival of the male parent. I’m not sure I feel a real bond to Mother’s Day either. But I have plenty of time to sort all that out.
