Let’s Hear it for the Dads!

Dawna Elaine Page
5 min readJun 23, 2020

…and how they have influenced our lives

Photo by Donald Teel on Unsplash

Yesterday was the day to formally acknowledge fathers, to thank them and praise them for being dads. This essay is not meant to leave out single moms or people whose fathers have been absent, difficult, or caused lasting pain. It is simply an ode to dads everywhere and the roles they have played in our lives. Now and every day, all year, every year.

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Dawna Elaine Page

Mama of three. To one, a wife. Ambiguous grief. That’s my life. (Among other things concerning brains). “Words are all I have,” goes the song and I go too.