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Again, I love that my facebook and Instagram timelines are flooded with pictures of fathers with their kids. I think that is a beautiful thing. But it's funny that I don't even see a quarter of the amount of pictures that I saw of mothers. My mothers day photo got like 19 likes on facebook. My fathers day photo got about 8. What y'all got against fathers, bruh? No fathers day promotions everywhere you look, weeks in advance. No "Happy Fathers Day" balloons being sold on the side of the road. What the french toast?? And I get it, some people have shitty fathers and some don't have fathers at all. But that doesn't make this Single Mother Appreciation Day. Mom had her day last month, why can't we let the fellas have theirs? There are some people who don't have mothers and they went out and found an amazing woman to celebrate on mothers day. Why don't we do the same for our men? Why can't we recognize an extraordinary man in our life on this day? Or better yet, celebrate our Heavenly Father cuz He be holding me down and if I had no one else to celebrate this Father's Day, I'd be more than happy just to celebrate Him. I don't know, man. Maybe I'm wrong. But I do know this much: mothers aren't perfect. The same way there are some ain't-shit fathers out there, there are some ain't-shit mothers out there as well. And the fathers that hold it down don't get the credit that they deserve. My father isn't perfect, nor is my relationship with him. But he's here and he's been here all my life. He's helped me grow and he's a big part of the person I am today. As big a pain in my ass as he is, he deserved to be recognized today, if for no other reason than he provided half the DNA of a truly awesome individual. So a very Happy Father's Day to him and to all the men who are not only fathers but amazing Dads as well.