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BY FATHERS
By David Stol
THERE’S NO CLEAR BLUEPRINT TO FATHERHOOD. WHEN THE TIME COMES TO ADOPT THE WEIGHTY MANTLE OF “DAD,” THERE’S NO TIDY HANDBOOK OFFERING STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS. TRY AS WE MIGHT TO AVOID THE CLASSIC PITFALLS OF PARENTING, TRIAL AND ERROR SEEMS TO BE THE INEVITABLE FALLBACK. THE SAME GOES FOR HOW WE, IN TURN, TRY TO CELEBRATE AND APPRECIATE OUR OWN FATHERS, OR FATHER FIGURES. UNCHILLED WHISKY STONES, WINCE-WORTHY NOVELTY TIES, HOMEMADE CERAMIC PAPERWEIGHTS — EACH ARE HEARTFELT TRIALS (AND, OFTENTIMES, ERRORS) IN DISCOVERING HOW BEST TO EARNESTLY TELL HIM, “THANK YOU.”
YET, FOR BOTH FATHERS AND GIFT-GIVERS ALIKE, THERE EXIST NUGGETS OF WISDOM TO HELP NUDGE US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. AND, TO ASSIST YOU IN CELEBRATING THE OCCASION THIS YEAR, WE’VE CURATED A BLUEPRINT OF BOTH FINE GIFTS AND INVALUABLE INSIGHTS FROM SOME OF THE BEST FATHERS WE KNOW.
FATHSELRU’GS DAY
A SHARP GUIDE
FOR FATHERS,
54 SUMMER 2024 SHARPMAGAZINE.COM
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