podcast link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karen-molenaar-terrell/episodes/Ode-to-the-Dads-e2folnv

I got an ad in my email with a suggestion for a gift for Dad for Father’s Day. It gave me a little jolt. Dad has been gone for more than three years now. I always bought him a shirt for Father’s Day – usually with blue in it to match his Dutch-blue eyes. And it always tickled me when he actually wore those shirts.

I miss him.

Dad and my husband, Scott, are wonderful examples of fatherhood. Here’s a poem for them:

Protecting and guiding
nurturing, gently widening
our world and helping hone
our skills so if we’re alone
we can survive on our own

Sharing joy and adventure
never there to censure
helping us become who we already are
-Karen Molenaar Terrell