I have decided I like Father’s Day better than my birthday.
Here’s why…
Everybody has a birthday. Every year on my birthday I spend the whole day trying to convince myself that I should feel special…because I exist just like everybody else. Birthdays are days that we celebrate our existence.
But Father’s day is different…I feel like today I get to celebrate my contribution!
I look at Maisie and see that I have brought a precious little life into the world and that I am contributing to the growth and (hopefully) the betterment of the human race. I feel like this is what it means to be human…to contribute, not just to exist.
This is why I am excited about my first Father’s Day.
We’re excited about your being a father, too! Congratulations on your first Father’s Day. I pray it will be the first of many more with brothers and sisters for Maisie and grandchildren for us!
I like that idea, but as I’m grappling with the reality of whether or not I will have any children (if I do, I want it to be in the next few years… and NO I don’t have to get married!), I’ve been wondering what the “contributions” are of those people that don’t sire anyone. I mean, I’ve been studying a lot about the planet and society, and I almost feel that having a child in an over-populated world is wonderful, but so is not having a child. There are all kinds of life rewards that are centered around celebrating “the right kind of people’s” happiness (babies, marriage, vacations) but those of us who stray out of that focus (because I still believe I will never get married) get bupkus!
I know this is a strangely long comment… but, just something I thought I’d share.