Father’s Day booty: the era of handmade crafts begins

This Father’s day was a wonderful time for Daddy. School was over. Helsinki was a blur of plane rides of the past. And, most importantly, he spent Saturday morning playing with his boys while Mommy slept in. It was a debt in need of payment. Mother's Day had brought the cold of the century upon Daddy, and along with it, the guilt of being in bed all day.

This year’s special treat was a handmade item straight from Isaac’s preschool. It is a collage of construction paper and buttons, glued together to resemble a father’s dress shirt (as if any of the daddies at Isaac’s preschool wear ties). Anyway, this is the first real piece of art specially designed for a family-oriented holiday that Isaac has produced. Soon to be framed and adorning the walls of Dada’s office, it will be the material that draws tears in years to come when our boys have moved on to bigger and better things.

Daddy has insight here because Dadaw’s office at his shop if full of mementos from the past. We’ve seen them thousands of times with no real sense of their importance. Now it’s all clear. These are the treasures of our lives, worth more than retirement funds and savings accounts. Happy Father’s Day to you, too, Dadaw and Poppop. May your offices pile higher and deeper with the real treasures of life.