What makes a perfect family? The ones we on the tele are not real. When the cameras stop rolling, the set is taken down and the lights go out, the act is over. There are different types of families; once there’s love and security, then, I think a child would be happy. Just the other day, our daughter told me, “Mummy, you are best mummy in the world! And daddy is the best daddy in the world!” to which our son replied, “No! How can you say daddy is the best daddy, when last night you were crying when he shouted”, to which our darling girl replied, “No! Daddy may shout but he loves us!” There interchange melted my heart. All I could have said was “… that’s right, it’s important for you to remember…”

People see the photos of happy smiling faces; they think we’ve got it good. They think I’m so lucky… No one but we two know what it took to get here. It may have been luck that brought us together but it certainly didn’t keep us together for the past 15 years. Seeing you with our children wells me up often, you don’t even know. I get SO emotional. You’re the grizzly playful giant who protects them and all their friends want to play with. You’re the stern, just and loving father they adore.

Eight Father’s Day hove come and gone. Along the journey we’ve met other amazing dads. Fathers who stand side by side with their partners loving and caring for their children, EVEN combing their daughter’s hair… to you my love, and those other fabulous dads …