Great Fathers Have Quiet Expectations

Frank Stanley Boyd, Sr. 1912-1991

"Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes." Benjamin Disraeli

Father had such a mind and it is in this, as in many other things, he taught me the lessons of life. He had to find his own name and make peace with that. He did it charmingly, with violence at first and then with grace he accepted the terms and conditions of his life and changed them with grace and love.

My father is, and has always been, my hero. Today, more than ever the role of father in family life, especially Black family life, is so vitally important. Fathers' Day is but one day in June each year and to me fathers' day is every day. Celebrate it.

"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?Deny thy father and refuse thy name!Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,And I'll no longer be a Capulet." William Shakespeare

As always, Well wishes,

F. Stanley Boyd, Jr.