Daughters

On behalf of every man, looking out for every girl
You are the God and the weight of her world…(Daughters-John Mayer)

Happy sunny Sunday, Locavores, and Happy, Happy Father’s Day to the lovely men who are fathers, in whatever shape or form that may be.

Father’s Day is always a mixed bag for me. Basically, I grew up without a father. My father left, zipped off on his way, see you later, it’s been swell, and goodbye. I have no idea what he does with his life. I have no idea at all about the man who was supposed to be so important in my life.

But, this is not a depressing Weblog nor do I ever, I repeat ever, feel sad for this life changing event that happened when I was young. Because, although it could have made me sad, sent me to therapy, made me bitter, it did quite the opposite.

I was lucky to actually accumulate so many fatherly impacts in my life from so many of the greatest men I will ever know. My grandfather, of course, the man that I adored and still adore even though he has been gone for a good amount of years. The day that my dad hit the road was the day that my grandfather took my hand and led the way.

I grew up in the West End of our town and was lucky enough to have so many families watching over me. So many of the dads of my neighborhood pals took on the role of being the fatherly impacts in my life. They made sure I always had a ride to a practice, a game, they made sure I had enough spending money if they were taking a carload of all of us friends to places. They would step in and give me advice, played catch with me and taught me how to swing a bat for softball.

My best friends dads all adored me. They made sure I went on family vacations with their families, they took me out to family dinners. They always made sure I was accounted for. I was the adopted daughter to so many families.

Dads of old boyfriends were always so kind to me and in fact, long after the old boyfriend was history, I remained, and still remain a friend to some of these fathers. One of them is still on a few downtown boards where my Cosmic shop is located. On my opening day of the Cosmic shop, he walked through the door and exclaimed…You did good, kid!

So, while I didn’t grow up with the traditional kind of father figure, I was lucky enough to grow up with many, many amazing father figures. They all go into the person I have become, and they are why I celebrate this day.

I never ask myself how my life would have been had my father stuck around. I ask myself how my life would have been had I not had so many fatherly impacts from so many fathers watching over me.

Today, I am sending out the local love to all of you amazing fathers who somehow, somewhere, everyday, are making an impact on both your own child’s world and also on the worlds of others. You don’t even need to have kids to be out there making a difference in someone’s or something’s life.

Celebrate the day! Celebrate the love!

Celebrate how all of the positive influences that I have talked about also give a positive influence to our local community, our local environment, our local vibe. It all goes hand in hand. And, this little market is proud to be a part of the local positive vibe.

We are open until Tuesday evening at 10pm…and we are always here for you, making that positive impact.

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam