A Blooming Good Day. Indeed!

Of a Father’s and Sons’ Day

This upcoming Father’s Day, the sixteenth of June 2019, will be a particularly happy one, because you — the children of all my dear wives — will gather around me as together we celebrate the survival of our unique relationships despite my separation from your mothers’ by divorce, death, and distance.

More than anything that I have accomplished, more than anything that I have contributed, more than anything that I have ever done with my life — the influence that I have had — for better or for worse — on you four thoughtful, hard-working, capable men is my evidence, my testament — the sole worth of my existence.

I am joyful beyond measure with the knowledge that I have added such positive value to this always challenging, often cruel, but ultimately beautiful life, and the world in which we have chosen — together — to live in harmony.

Thank you, Adam Howard, Benjamin Franklin, Jefferson Montaigne, and Robert Támas for giving me this very special Father’s Day.