Notice in today's world

the absence of fathers

women walk around

with their kids in tow

but with no father around

any day of the week

the one missing is the dad

the husband

the partner

so this is what we have come to

hundreds of thousands of one-parent kids

being raised without fathers

with no concept of discipline or responsibility

without a strong example

what they are missing is

a male voice

a father's guidance and firm hand

a father's advice and wisdom

a father's keep your nose clean kind of direction

a kind of father that tells them when they are wrong

and when they need to own up

a kind of father that goes to work for 40 years

to put food on the table

a roof over their head

what they will never know

is that kind of self-sacrificing love

a quiet kind of love

the love of Our Fathers.