Happy "D" DAY!!!!

History defines D-Day as a large, multi-nation military action against the Germans during WWII. It is written that it took the leaders well over 15 months to plan and implement the various aspects of the mission. We all can agree there was some miss steps but overall it was a success!!


"D" Day for me means something totally different.. The day you become a DAD ! Most of us still can remember that day, or days. I'm not talking about the day you found out she was. The actual day of the birth. "D" Day!! The day that the world stopped, your kid/kids got on, and you got your very own title of DAD! I will admit that this is not the way I got my title. Adoption, 021494 is the day the world stopped and I got my title, but it still is the same to me.


The advertising sharks guilt you into thinking that this day is to honor dads. The biggest, newest, shiniest, spare no expense gifts will only do for us dads. I know that all we need is that smile or look or hug that makes our day. That smile is why we get up and work as hard as we do. Why we bang our heads against the wall explaining ways of life. Why we stay up at night to make sure they are home. All the lessons, games, concerts, and everything else we do is for our kids. I have two teenagers and I do see the smile or look every now and then. So when you open that biggest, newest, shiniest, spare no expense gift- SMILE! Smile, big and proud, because you remember "D" Day! You will forget about the gift in a few months....


Now I will say proudly for all of us great dads to all of the other great dads "Happy "D" Day!! We all can agree there was some miss steps but overall it has been a success!!

(Not everyone is cut out for the title of DAD. We read about it way to much. I do think this world needs better dads! I can't stand to hear baby's daddy problems. That is for another post....)