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I was looking for a Father's Day card among the dozens and dozens everywhere.
So many perfect sentiments for typical father's without a care.
"I love you dad!" - "You're the greatest!" - "Sit down, relax and play!"
"Do all the things that you love to do on this your special day!"
"Yeah right, he wishes," I chuckled. But real dads, where are the cards for them?
The dad's who have special needs sons who've truly made them men.
The dad's who gave up fishing and now only dream of a game of golf,
The dad's whose son's are in the hospital, because of pneumonia from a cough.
So many things about life they don't get, those typical dad's without a clue.
About what it's like to have a disabled son, who might not ever tie his own shoe.
About what it's like at the office, hearing others brag about their kids triple-play,
Knowing if he tried to tell them, they would stare blankly and not know what to say.
So many kids choosing cards that proclaim, "Daddy, you're my hero!"
But what truly makes them a hero, those buying the card do not fully know.
Heroes are dad's accepting that their child, might not ever be a little-league champ,
Who now cheer them on at therapy, instead of going with them to Boy Scout Camp.
Heros are men who work hard day and night, and yet find they are always broke
Because of expenses, equipment, & challenges of a never-ending financial yoke.
They are the men who would give their life, for a treatment that would cure their son,
They are the men who understand the victory, in each tiny battle their child has won.
I give up and am too tired to keep looking, for that elusive 'special' father's day card.
I have to laugh at the irony that this too is something else that has to be hard!
So instead I'll write down on a piece of paper, "I love you with all of my might!"
From your son who knows you're a hero, the one who hears you pray for him every night.