Father Figure
A father reflects on the importance of family during the holiday season, particularly the constant presence of his parents and the time spent with his own children. He explores his unique approach to raising his daughter with the same tough love and lessons he gave his sons, teaching her to be strong-minded and unafraid to challenge authority. Drawing parallels to his own relationship with his father—where debates and arguments were a form of sparring that built critical thinking and resilience—he sees the same dynamic now with his daughter. Despite becoming a father as a teenager and making mistakes along the way, he hopes he has been a decent father figure to his children, representing the same freedoms God granted his own father. He closes with the hope that all three of his children will one day be great father figures themselves—especially his daughter.
